Air Cairo

Infobox Airline
airline = Air Cairo

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fleet_size = 5
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IATA = MC
ICAO = MSC
callsign = -
parent = EgyptAir and Kato Group
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founded = 2003
headquarters = Cairo, Egypt
key_people = ATIF ABDEL BAAI
hubs = Cairo International Airport
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website = http://www.aircairo-eg.com/

Air Cairo is a charter airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates inclusive tour flights to Egypt from Europe, Africa and Asia. Its main base is Cairo International Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | pages= 53-54 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established by Dr Ibrahim Kamel's Kato Group, in conjunction with a consortium of Egyptian travel agents. It started operations in 1997. In 2003 EgyptAir acquired 40% of the airline and the existing Tupolev fleet and operations were transferred to a new company, Cairo Aviation. Air Cairo was then re-positioned as a new charter airline and EgyptAir subsidiary operating domestic and international charter services.

Fleet

The Air Cairo fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2008) :

*4 Airbus A320-200

External links

* [http://www.aircairo-eg.com/ Air Cairo]
* [http://www.partircharter.com/air%20cairo.html Descriptif compagnie Air Cairo]
* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Air-Cairo?show=all Air Cairo Airbus Fleet Detail]
* [http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=air+cairo Air Cairo at ATDB: profile, history and events, contacts and management, historical/current/planned aircraft in fleets]

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