EgyptAir Chief Talks Growth Ambitions And Challenges

EgyptAir aircraft taking off

An EgyptAir Boeing 777-300 lifts off at New York JFK.

Credit: Joe Pries
EgyptAir plans to double its passenger numbers to 22 million over the next five years and expand its fleet from 65 to 125 aircraft. Overseeing that growth plan is chairman and CEO Yehia Zakaria, who has headed the EgyptAir Group since 2022. In an exclusive interview with ATW, Zakaria outlined how...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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