The Civil Aviation Ministry announced that low-cost airline Air Cairo carried five million passengers on 42,000 flights in 2024, compared with approximately 4.14 million passengers on 35,726 flights in 2023. Passenger numbers increased by 20.7%.
The ministry said Air Cairo’s fleet reached 37 aircraft in 2024: 28 Airbus A320s, six ATR aircraft and three Embraer aircraft, compared with 31 aircraft in 2023.
During 2024, the airline launched new destinations and increased frequencies across its domestic and international network.
New international routes
Cairo–Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey: five weekly flights.
Cairo–Yerevan, Armenia: one weekly flight.
Sharm El-Sheikh–Verona, Italy: two weekly flights.
Hurghada–Amman, Jordan, during summer: two weekly flights.
Cairo–Cologne, Germany: two weekly flights.
Al-Jouf, Jazan and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia from Cairo and Sohag: a combined seven weekly flights.
Increased frequencies
Saudi Arabia flights rose to 5,028, an increase of 1,302 from 3,726 in 2023.
Italy flights reached 1,094, up 72 from 1,022 in 2023.
Kuwait flights reached 1,070; the report stated an increase of 240 compared with 930 in 2023.
Kazakhstan services to Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Aktobe reached 12 weekly flights, six more than in 2023.
The airline increased market share on international services from El Alamein Airport to various European destinations, Gulf destinations such as Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan in Asia.
The airline also upgraded its website, software and booking system and developed mobile app services to simplify purchases and access to travel information. It activated web check-in and improved passenger processing systems for electronic boarding passes, baggage acceptance and load control at domestic and international stations in the Middle East, Gulf and selected European destinations. Registered agents increased by 31% to 2,330 worldwide.
