The Board of Directors of EgyptAir Holding Company agreed to use the Boeing and Airbus models to develop the company’s fleet within the plan that was previously established. Safwat Musallam, chairman of EgyptAir Holding, said the use of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was approved, as well as Airbus A320neo. EgyptAir signed a deal with Boeing for nine aircraft of the same model. Bernard Dunn, President of Boeing Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, told Daily News Egypt earlier that EgyptAir is among the most important Boeing customers, with most of its fleet of Boeing aircraft. Egypt Air is seeking to modernize its fleet with adding 33 planes, including 27 medium aircraft and 6 wide planes.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 01, 2017 15:00 UTC