EgyptAir to receive fifth Boeing aeroplane

The fifth Boeing B737-800 NG airplane from the 737 Max family will arrive in Cairo in couple of days as part of a deal for nine airplanes that EgyptAir had purchased to join its fleet.

Acompany delegation, including officials from maintenance sectors, cabin crew, lawyers, financial administration and contracting from the company’s planning sectors and others, headed to the U.S. on Sunday to attend the handing over of the airplane, said Safwat Mesallam, head of EgyptAir Holding Company.

“Final reviews and an experimental voyage will be carried out to conclude the handover measures so the planes can take off over the coming few days with the delegation on board from Seattle to join the EgyptAir fleet. The plane will become the 65th airplane in the six-year-old fleet, after a replacement and renewal plan was drawn,” Mesallam added.

Source: Al-Masry Al-Youm