Civil aviation news
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August 26, 2026
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EgyptAir announced on August 26, 2026, that it has signed an agreement with renowned sports club FC Barcelona… The post EgyptAir to sponsor FC Barcelona in drive to boost carrier’s global profile…
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Menzies Aviation has opened a new Pearl Lounge at Hurghada International Airport (HRG) in Egypt, the third Pearl Lounge at that airport and the 24th in the country. Situated in Terminal 1, the…
August 25, 2026
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Egyptian airline Nesma Airlines is expanding its offering on routes between the resort town of Hurghada and several German-speaking airports for the 2027 summer season. According to…

This is one of the first lessons of the Sino-Egyptian exercise Eagles of Civilization 2026: the Chinese still see the French aircraft as one of their most intense fears. These two…
August 24, 2026

Lions and Tigers and NOTAMs—Oh, METARs! Air Facts Journal Just like there are certain people who can fluently read Egyptian heiroglyphics, there are certain people who can fluently read NOTAMs and…
August 20, 2026

At Linz Airport, the flight offering will be further reduced in winter 2026/27. After Ryanair temporarily discontinues the route to London-Stansted in autumn, the offering to Hurghada…

The Egyptian holiday carrier is turning the classic holiday destination Hurghada into a mini-hub. Travelers from ten cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland will in future be able…
August 17, 2026

EGYPTAIR offers 105 tonnes of freight capacity each week on its scheduled flights out of Istanbul to Cairo EGYPTAIR and Globe Air Cargo share common values in flexibility and customer-centricity…

One of Africa’s oldest and largest airlines, EgyptAir has connected Egypt with the world for…
August 14, 2026

Nesma Airlines is launching a route between Hurghada and Zurich in summer 2027. From 4 July, the Egyptian carrier will operate the route twice weekly with an Airbus A321. The…
August 11, 2026

Hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have faded as Iran has raised conditions for renewed traffic, while attacks have spread to the Bab el-Mandeb, Saudi ports and Egypt. Some container…
August 6, 2026

Egypt is moving ahead with the construction project for Terminal 4 at Cairo International Airport, an infrastructure that will raise total capacity to around 70 million…

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, together with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has launched a fundamental overhaul of entry formalities…
July 30, 2026

This is getting very messy indeed – a drone of some sort yesterday hit an LNG tanker in the Egyptian port of Damietta, at the northern mouth of the Suez Canal and on the Mediterranean coast…