(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) Daily News Egypt interviewed Safwat Musallam, the chairperson of EgyptAir Holding Company, where he spoke about the current challenges facing the company and its future ambitions. Regarding the second phase, it includes a new deal for 38 planes, however, this deal is still under study and has not yet been confirmed. The second phase also includes replacing and developing planes according to the fleet development plan put forward by the company so that planes' would not stay for more than four years. The fleet will comprise small and medium planes to carry 140 passengers, in addition to wider models carrying up to 260 passengers. Within our plan to recover, there is the plan to optimally reuse our fleet in different flights which will reduce our costs and save losses each year.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 03, 2017 09:45 UTC