Prosecution renews Ultras Ahlawy members’ detention

How sad for a group of fans supporting a specific sporting club to be involved in vandalism and thuggery!
However, and irrespective of their reasons, there is no excuse whatsoever for anyone to disturb the public order especially around sensitive areas like the airport.
Having said so, I would add that 15 days are not enough. What about 15 years instead?
Date: 26 October 2013 commenting on http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/

Civil Aviation awaits the approval of the Cabinet to start the project of aero-city

Are you serious about (مساحة 220 ألف فدان حول مطار القاهرة)?
Do you know the equivalent of that huge area if converted into square meters?
The feddan is about 4,200 square meters.
Thus, 220,000 feddans will be equal to about 924,000,000 (220,000 X 4,200), which is equivalent to 924 square kilometers.
So, we are talking here about a circle which has a radius of more than 17 kilometers.
Date: 09 August 2013 commenting on http://www.alborsanews.com/

Some flights cancelled to Egypt, others half-empty

Security and safety are the two most important keywords relevant to the above situation.
It is fairly justified to say that Egypt as a touristic destination is a fact belongs to pre- January 2011.
Who would be interested to visit an almost lawless country where thugs have the upper word and the security forces lack the necessary plans and skills required to tackle the deteriorated level of discipline?
Having said so, it is natural for the incoming traffic to decrease like that. However, the outgoing traffic may be better because of more Egyptians and foreigners leaving the country for better place away from Egypt.
Date: 29 July 2013 commenting on http://www.fresnobee.com/

EgyptAir re-launches in Zimbabwe

It seems that the Egyptian Ambassador to Zimbabwe needs to learn more about the geography of Africa, or about the basics of airline industry, or about both.
What did he mean exactly when he said that the air link would provide a direct link with east Africa?
Did he mean Cairo (Egypt) or Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania)?
Cairo is not in east Africa for sure. So, we can safely conclude that Dar Es Salaam is the destination located in east Africa.
It is true that EgyptAir flights stop in Dar Es Salaam before reaching Harare. However, EgyptAir did not say that it has traffic rights between Harare and Dar Es Salaam. That simply means that EgyptAir can not carry passengers between those two cities. Obviously, the re-launch of EgyptAir flights does not provide any link between Harare and east Africa.
Of course, we can run the same logical steps if he thought that Cairo is in east Africa.
Date: 14 June 2013 commenting on http://www.herald.co.zw/

Egypt’s aviation loses over $429,000 to workers strike

It is a jungle out there at Cairo Airport.
The scene of repeated threats from workers complaining about work conditions or demanding more monetary benefits became an ugly eyesore. This is in addition to the chaos of traffic around the airport terminals and the mafia of taxi drivers in cooperation with corrupted policemen.
Sure, it is nuisance for passengers to deal with that. However, the story is totally different when it comes to safety and security of airport operations. A strategic place like the airport is supposed to be governed by more stringent measures. The airport is not supposed to be a playground for those careless individuals.
I have my own doubts about the amount of losses released by the airport management. Being a part of the problem itself, the airport team would exaggerate the level of wrongdoing of the other side.
Frankly, the airport needs a real administrative, technical, moral revolution to eradicate the multilayered obsolete management mentality.
Date: 08 June 2013 commenting on http://www.ventures-africa.com/

Striking workers at Cairo airport dismissed

Dismissal of 15 workers is not a smart thing to do. What kind of naive minister is that? He is actually complicating things as dismissal without proper legal procedures would give those workers the chance to take the case to the court. They could end up returning to their jobs and be appropriately compensated for what happened to them.

I would interrogate all of them and then fire without any severance pay or financial benefits all those who are actually involved in that stupid action. Airport operation is not a toy for some careless individuals to play with everyday like that.

On the other hand, I know that the airport’s management team, which is headed by the Minister of Civil Aviation himself, may be the source of those reasons which trigger the employees’ demonstrations and strikes.
Date: 07 June 2013 commenting on http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/

EgyptAir to Copenhagen

The anticipated Egypt Air’s flights will make the carrier the only Full Service Carrier (FSC) operating between the African continent and Scandinavia
Considering the fact that Egypt Air canceled its flights to Copenhagen in 2004 due to poor operating results, and the fact that Egypt Air will be the only legacy carrier linking Copenhagen and Cairo nonstop, are we in a position to assume that Egypt Air is quite sure about the potential viability behind the comeback?

Date: 01 June 2010 commenting on http://newsodrome.com/

Cairo Airport to cut back on night time operations from June 1

What happened to the ambitious plan of building more terminals for Cairo Airport?
What are we expecting if the trends of both business and tourism are sharply going down? The current atmosphere is totally unhealthy for business and tourism to flourish.
The problem is that partial closure of the terminal one has not been decided as a part of a comprehensive plan of meeting the ugly condition of tourism in Egypt and consequently the deteriorating situation of airline business in Egypt.
Taking reactive decisions will not provide long-term solutions. Did they hear about proactive approach? What about trying one now?

Date: 05 April 2013 commenting on http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/
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Date: 06 April 2013 commenting on http://www.ch-aviation.ch/

Jeddah as a connecting point

Definitely, Jeddah is not a good connecting point between Cairo (CAI) and Johannesburg (JNB). Moreover, in case of using multiple tickets for connecting flights, there will be a risk of potential problems in case of late arrival of the delivering carrier.
Simply, two separate tickets mean two carriage contracts. On the other hand, the participating carriers shown on ONE ticket covering all flights from the origin (CAI) to the destination (JNB) will be responsible for any possible delay, misconnection, or layover.
What about flying with Kenya Airways through Nairobi, or with Ethiopian through Addis Ababa?

Date: 04 June 2010 commenting on http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/

Egypt: Prime Minister inspects Cairo Airport

It is quite absurd that he was assured that passengers receive good treatment. Isn’t it supposed to be like that without saying?
Is the Prime Minister qualified enough to inspect the service quality at the airport? Consequently, hailing the efforts exerted by airport employees is highly questionable.

Date: 29 September 2012 commenting on http://allafrica.com/

Civil aviation workers prepare for mass protests on Monday

Workers versus management, who would win when it comes to head-on confrontation?
Generally, workers are right with their request regarding the ex-military air force senior officers. Moving to civilian aviation field is not supposed to be the de facto retirement path for military air personnel unless they have really higher credentials than the senior staff of the civilian aviation companies in question. In other words, the workers have to accept the decision of appointing ex-military personnel if the latter are meticulously superior in their credentials.
On the other hand, the protesting workers have to be careful not to cause interruption to the operation of their companies. Otherwise, they might find themselves on the street suffering from the plague of unemployment. After all, they have been hired to do specific tasks, and demonstration is definitely not one of them.

Date: 25 July 2011 commenting on http://www.almasryalyoum.com/

Egyptian minister disgruntled at not being searched at Cairo Airport

We trust you, Mr. Minister.
Take it easy on yourself Mr. Minister. We trust you. It does not make any sense for the security personnel to search you and your luggage while letting a low-rank policeman to go without searching. What I said so far does NOT mean that the security personnel at Cairo Airport are doing a great job. On the contrary, the applicable security system needs to be totally revamped.

Date: 10 June 2011 commenting on http://english.ahram.org.eg/

Civil aviation minister criticizes calls for Cairo airport strike

They have the right to protest and he has the right to criticize and stop the protesters. Of course, the protest is not in the interests of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Irrespective of the current trend which is opposing the Minister of Civil Aviation, any other minster in his position would act the same way. Some keywords for resolving those disputes might be dialogue, openness, genuineness, and improvements.
The real negative aspect of those protests is that protestors do not consider the hardship facing Egypt nowadays. The truth is that the country has to stabilize first before being able to answer those and other similar demands.

Date: 06 June 2011 commenting on http://www.almasryalyoum.com/

Jazeera Airways to launch Cairo flights

It is quite strange that the website of Jazeera Airways did not say anything about the expected Cairo flights, and that the website of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority is no longer functional.
So, the airline “agreed to abandon its low-cost policy"?
If they failed to make money using the low-cost business model, will they be able to make it adopting legacy carrier business model?
Anyway, beginning of May is just around the corner. Let us wait and see.

Date: 21 April 2011 commenting on http://atwonline.com/

Egypt Air Juba flight under fire

We can safely conclude that politics should be an integral component in route planning. Considering the flammable stance between northern Khartoum and southern Juba, Juba flights with en route stop in Khartoum represent an extremely sensitive issue. Can we imagine EgyptAir operating flight to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with en route stop in Tel Aviv? It is entirely understood that Cairo-Tel Aviv-Jeddah example is unlikely to happen but Cairo-Khartoum-Juba version is a reality for almost 6 months. While there was no direct confrontational hostility between Saudi Arabia and Israel, there was a bloody military confrontation between Khartoum government and the southern part of Sudan.

Flights to/ and from airports which have operational restrictions, like Juba Airport, should be positioned and timed to avoid any possible service disruptions. With not-so-good on-time performance of EgyptAir, it is not a good idea to operate one-stop flights to Juba. By doing so, EgyptAir is simply increasing the contributing factors of service disruption.

The attitude of EgyptAir airport employees is not new for EgyptAir. After all, they are working in EgyptAir because of their connections, rather than their qualifications. I commented on the mediocre level of EgyptAir’s customer service last July. Ironically, the comments were about Juba flight.

Date: 11 January 2011 commenting on http://www.eturbonews.com/

EgyptAir plane strikes lightpoles at Cairo airport

Question marks:
Is Captain Hefni serious about his initial assessment?
The facts of (Two light-poles) and (minor damage to the left wing of the aircraft) do not make sense together.
The claim that the passengers of the doomed Egypt Air flight were mostly Egyptians is highly disputed as the number of Egyptians traveling from Cairo to Hurghada can not reach 190 passengers in any one flight.

Date: 08 April 2010 commenting on http://www.arabiansupplychain.com/