Passenger Hall No. 4 at Cairo Airport prepared for the Africa Cup of Nations
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and its affiliated companies have completed all final preparations for Egypt's hosting of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held this month, June. Several coordination meetings were held between the relevant bodies from the ministries of civil aviation, youth and sports, foreign affairs, interior, health and tourism to prepare and coordinate properly for receiving the delegations, missions and sports teams taking part in the event, in order to make the tournament a success and ensure it is staged in an honorable manner befitting Egypt's standing at the regional and international levels.
In a related context, Passenger Hall No. 4 at Cairo International Airport, which has been named after the Africa Cup of Nations and is dedicated to receiving the event's guests, has been specially fitted out with promotional materials and banners bearing the tournament's designs, as well as signage to provide facilities for the participating delegations.
For his part, Minister of Civil Aviation Lt. Gen. Younis Al-Masry stressed the need for coordination between the various work teams in public relations, air operations, security, ground services and maintenance at Cairo Airport Company and EgyptAir, to provide support and services to all the national teams taking part in the tournament, facilitate their arrival procedures and ensure they are well hosted, in addition to coordinating with EgyptAir's overseas stations.
Meanwhile, EgyptAir, as the official carrier of the tournament, launched a promotional campaign for the event, placing the tournament logo on its aircraft fleet, as well as on EgyptAir staff uniforms, aircraft seats and ground service buses. This month's issue of the in-flight Horus magazine has been dedicated to announcing the tournament preparations, and souvenirs and sweets are being distributed to fans arriving to support their national teams, in addition to dedicated counters and promotional banners at Cairo Airport for participants in the African tournament.
It is worth noting that Aerosport Club, affiliated with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, will host the training sessions of the South Africa national team, which is competing in Group D, to be played at Al Salam Stadium. The main football pitch, the health club building and the gym have been prepared.
