EgyptAir at the start of 2019 will receive 12 Airbus aircrafts as part of the first stage of modernization plans for 50 percent of the EgyptAir fleet capacity, the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry announced. Airbus has made every effort to achieve their goals in delivering 800 aircrafts in 2018 and is seeking to increase that number in 2019, according to a Monday statement by Stefan Schaffrath, spokesman for Airbus International. Airbus company, based in the French city of Toulouse, delivered around 820 aircrafts in 2018. Between July 2019 and May 2020, 12 Airbus 220-300 aircrafts, owned by Bombardier CS300 and later acquired by Airbus, will join the EgyptAir fleet. Starting January 2020 and until the end of 2020, 15 Airbus 320 Nuo, the latest of the Airbus 320, will join the fleet.

Source: Egypt Independent December 31, 2018 15:11 UTC