Civil Aviation: Other Egyptian airports are operating normally according to approved operating schedules
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that, in light of its close and continuous monitoring of the repercussions of the sudden outage that hit telecommunications and internet networks over the past hours following a fire at the Ramses telephone exchange in Cairo, operations at Cairo International Airport from 6:00 p.m. yesterday, Monday, July 7, until 1:00 a.m. today, Tuesday, July 8, were as follows:
The total number of scheduled flights reached 69.
The number of flights that have already departed reached 36.
The number of remaining flights scheduled to depart later reached 33, and procedures to operate them are being completed.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said operations teams are coordinating fully with the relevant authorities to reduce delay times and ensure the best service for passengers.
The ministry stressed that the other Egyptian airports continue to operate normally according to approved operating schedules, unaffected by the repercussions of this temporary outage, praising the efforts of the technical and operational teams in managing the situation with high efficiency and maintaining the smooth flow of operations.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation reaffirmed that it is monitoring the situation in real time through the competent operations rooms in all state sectors, while continuing full coordination with the relevant technical authorities to ensure the swift restoration of full operational efficiency and to limit any impact on travel, with full commitment to applying the highest safety and quality standards.
