IATA AGM: EgyptAir on decision to move AGM venue as normal service resumes

EgyptAir said in Singapore today that its operations are back to normal but that the decision to move the 67th AGM from Cairo to Singapore was the right one and based on IATA's full understanding of the situation and EgyptAir's need to have full concentration on restoring operations

“We are confident that Egypt is a very attractive and safe destination and transferring the meeting to another venue does not mean that Egypt is out of the IATA scope for a future event,” said chairman and CEO of the airline’s holding company, Hussein Massoud, (pictured above)

Cairo had been planned as the venue for the IATA showcase event, but the decision was made to cancel the Egyptian event and instead move the AGM to Singapore in the heat of the Egyptian Revolution at the start of the year.

Speaking at the Singapore event today Massoud outlined the current situation for the airline and also said the airline had successfully evacuated some 83,000 Egyptians from Libya over a three week period which called for effective use of all of the airline’s resources to achieve.

“We are very happy to once again be in a position to offer EgyptAir customers the full range of flights and services which they had grown accustomed to. We look forward to welcoming them back,” Massoud said

“EgyptAir has shown confidence in its capabilities and ability to positively respond to such situation. We have diligently invested the unplanned readjustment of the schedule to enhance the efficiency of the network either by reallocating and adding new frequencies to some destinations.”

Massoud gave an overview of current operations and plans saying the airline continued to accept deliveries of new aircraft and also planned to open new routes where traffic has been positively expected as well. Erbil and Baghdad in Iraq will be operated in the coming weeks. Abha in Saudi Arabia will operate later this month. EgyptAir will also operate daily between Alexandria and both Dubai and Jeddah starting 20th of June.

Since the Egyptian revolution the airline has received two new Boeing 777-300ERs and will receive three Airbus 330-300s and two Boeing 737-800s by the end of this year.

“We are confident that Egypt is stepping towards a better future and everyone in the country is working hard to make tomorrow a better day,” Massoud said. “From our side, EgyptAir will benefit a lot from the democratic atmosphere as investment and tourism will prosper and traffic trends to and from Egypt will increase,” Massoud said.