By Akram Medhat
The new Passenger Terminal 2 at Cairo International Airport this morning, Thursday, received flight 304, the first Middle East Airlines flight there, arriving from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, at 9:00 a.m. with 52 passengers on board.
Flight 305 also departed from the new terminal at 10:00 a.m. with 62 passengers on board, as part of Cairo Airport Company's plan to move the operations of airlines from Passenger Terminal 1 to the new Terminal 2.
It is worth noting that the total number of airlines operating at full capacity at the new Passenger Terminal 2 since its opening has risen to 14: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, Royal Jordanian, Royal Air Maroc, British Airways, Saudia, Air France, Oman Air, Gulf Air, Etihad, Alitalia, Emirates and Qatar Airways, with Middle East Airlines joining today.
In a related context, Mohamed El-Sharkawy, regional manager of Middle East Airlines, presented the company's shield to Magdy Ishak, chairman of Cairo Airport Company, and Tamer Talaat, director of Passenger Terminal 2, who were at the forefront of those receiving the company's first flight.
