The Cairo International Airport has an immediate plan to develop and improve efficiency, as well as a medium-term plan that is currently in-progress and another set for the long-term, Chairman of Cairo Airport Company Ahmed Fawzy announced. In an interview with CNBC, Fawzy said that the plan includes raising efficiency of Terminal 1 to increase capacity from six to ten million passengers, with aims to raise the annual total capacity of passengers at the Cairo airport to reach 30 million passengers annually. He said that the urgent development plan will conclude by the end of the first half of the current year. He added that the company implementing these projects is the civil aviation sector development company, a company affiliated with the civil aviation companies. He said that Cairo Airport Airport Company is working in full swing to start these projects.

Source: Egypt Independent January 30, 2019 10:41 UTC