A 2016 Airbus A320 crash on EgyptAir that killed 66 was amazingly caused by a cigarette plus oxygen leak in the cockpit according to a new report. Smoking Plus Oxygen Leak Caused EgyptAir A320 Crash In 2016 On May...
Review: EgyptAir 787-9 Economy Class
I slept through most of my journey from Cairo to London and enjoyed a much better meal than I had in business class on my preceding flight. While legroom in EgyptAir economy class onboard the Boeing 787-9 is tight,...
Review: EgyptAir Alioth Lounge Cairo (CAI)
The EgyptAir Alitoth Lounge in Cairo Terminal 3 is easily the best EgyptAir lounge in the airport. Bright and spacious, it certainly beats the nearby Almeisan and Gienah lounges. EgyptAir Alioth Lounge Review Rather than offer a huge, central...
Review: EgyptAir Almeisan Lounge Cairo (CAI)
After breakfast in the EgyptAir Gienah Lounge, I walked to the Almeisan Lounge, which turned out to be almost a mirror image lounge, but provided space and tranquilly for me to get some work done during my extended layover. EgyptAir...
Review: EgyptAir Gienah Lounge Cairo (CAI)
After stepping off my EgyptAir flight and then dealing with the drama at the transit desk, I was famished. Upstairs, I quickly found the Gienah Lounge, one of several EgyptAir lounges in Terminal 3. EgyptAir Gienah Lounge Review Rather...
Review: EgyptAir 787-9 Business Class
While EgyptAir has a lot to offer in terms of friendly service and a great business class seat, the unacceptable catering on my Boeing 787-9 flight from Washington to Cairo in business class really left me with a poor...
A Late Surprise In EgyptAir Economy Class
While my business class flight on EgyptAir was a big disappointment, my economy class flight left me with a better impression of EgyptAir…though it took until the final hour of the flight. EgyptAir Economy Class: A Late Meal Is...
Trouble In Cairo: EgyptAir Thinks I Am Insane
In Washington, the EgyptAir agents could not print out my boarding pass from Cairo to London, forcing me to visit the EgyptAir transit counter in Cairo. That not only took 30 minutes of my time, but nearly torpedoed my...
My Tragic Journey In EgyptAir 787-9 Business Class
Oh EgyptAir. Such potential, but such a failure to deliver. My journey from Washington to Cairo featured a new aircraft with an objectively nice business class seat. But the soft product left me speechless. EgyptAir 787-9 Business Class – A Flight To Forget First, the good. EgyptAir...
Free Flights For Life For Baby Born On EgyptAir
How does an airline arrive with one more passengers than when it left? Answer: an unexpected onboard birth. An EgyptAir flight recently welcomed a new passenger and will now award her with free flights for life due. Free Flights...
EgyptAir Flies Nonstop From Washington, DC to Iraq
EgyptAir operated a nonstop flight from Washington Dulles to Erbil, Iraq, the first nonstop flight between between U.S. capital and Iraqi Kurdistan. COVID-19 has created some interesting repatriation flights, including a special charter flight operated by EgyptAir from the...
Disturbing EgyptAir Safety Report
It has been more than three years since an EgyptAir Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all onboard. A transparent investigation never occurred. Until now. In a leaked document, French authorities cite gross negligence, undercutting the EgyptAir...
EgyptAir Ridicules British Airways For Cancelled Cairo Flights
An EgyptAir official ridiculed British Airways for cutting flights to Cairo “without a logical reason” as questions continue to swirl around the mysterious and unilateral cancellation. British Airways suspended flights to Cairo for at least one week, citing security...
EgyptAir Deploys 787 To London Heathrow To Offset British Airways Cut
EgyptAir has responded to British Airways’ sudden suspension of service to Cairo with increased capacity via its brand new 787-9 Dreamliner. British Airways offered no specific reason for its suspension of service to Cairo for a week, blaming the...
EgyptAir Insists Its Bizarre Celebrity Interview Is Real
EgyptAir is digging it, insisting it’s bizarre “interview” with Drew Barrymore in this month’s Horus in-flight magazine actually occurred. If you missed my story on this earlier in the week, you can read all the juicy details here. The...
Wow: Airline (Badly) Fabricates Celebrity Interview
An “interview” of Hollywood celebrity Drew Barrymore in the EgyptAir in-flight magazine raised many eyebrows for its questionable content. Not surprisingly, it is fake. But did EgyptAir have to make it so obvious? Let’s just examine a few excerpts...
Why Egypt Postponed Tourism Suicide
After another game of Russian roulette, Egypt has wisely decided that its bright idea to raise the price of tourist visas by more than 140% should be shelved. At least until July… Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced that plans...
Transit in Cairo (CAI)
The difficult of transiting from flight to flight depends on the airport. Connecting from an international to an international flight in the USA requires going through passport control, customs, baggage re-check and security while in Amsterdam (for example) you...
Is EgyptAir Safe?
I’ve written a lot about EgyptAir lately and my takeaway is that the 777-300 Business Class experience is surprisingly pleasant. But is EgyptAir safe? A Mixed Safety Record EgyptAir has been around since 1932 so not surpassingly, has suffered a...
Review: EgyptAir 737-800 Business Class from Cairo to Beirut
The point of this review is to showcase what EgyptAir’s shorthaul service is like. In case you missed my earlier post, this was my Scary Flight on EgyptAir. The weather was very rough and I will not rehash that...
