Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced a plan to upgrade EgyptAir’s fleet by adding 45 aircraft. The first aircraft to join the fleet, out of six others scheduled to join the fleet until July 2019, will be the Boeing B787-900, known as the Dreamliner, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Civil Aviation Ministry. In July 2019, 12 Airbus 220-300 aircraft, owned by Bombardier CS300 and later acquired by Airbus, will join the EgyptAir fleet, being one of the most promising models in the world. Boeing announced it would deliver the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to EgyptAir in March 2019, and that five more aircraft would be delivered accordingly during 2019 and 2020. These models include 15 Airbus, 6 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, and 24 CS300 aircraft with a total value of $ 2.2 billion.

Source: Egypt Independent December 28, 2018 11:26 UTC