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Egypt Air Cargo is one of the seven
subsidiaries of the Egypt air, the Egypt's national airline
company that has flights in more than seventy countries from
Africa, Europe, USA, Far East and from the gulf area. Egypt
air Cargo was founded in 2002 and Cairo International
Airport is the company's principal base.
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The cargo company has
flights to destinations such as: France, with
landings on the Châteauroux-Déols "Marcel Dassault"
Airport from Châteauroux, United Arab Emirates,with
landings on the Sharjah International Airport from
Sharjah, Belgium, with landings on the Ostend-Bruges
International Airport from Ostend,
Germany,
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landings on the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
from Hahn and, of course, in Egypt, with landings on the
Cairo International Airport from Cairo. Egypt air Cargo
operates with four aircrafts: two Airbuses A300B4-203F and
two Airbuses A300-600RF.
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In May 1981was established the first cargo terminal of Egypt
Air, having 120.000 tons per year capacity and 50,000 square
meters area. Recently, to the Cairo cargo terminal were
added another 9,600 square meters of area, with the purpose
of increasing the capacity and of improving the cargo's
flowing. In September 1991, at Alexandria
international Airport, the second cargo terminal was
set, with the purpose of improving the Egypt's
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This cargo terminal's capacity is of 20.000 tons per year. This
terminal facilitates the surface transport from Cairo to
Alexandria. The third cargo terminal was built at ten
minutes from Cairo, in an industrial zone, the terminal
having 30.000 tons per year capacity. These huge terminals
of Egypt Air Cargo represents the country's principal cargo
agent, handling over 65% of Egypt's total cargo market.
More, Egypt Air Cargo being an
airfreight carrier, owns fifty percents market share of
Egypt's Cargo market.
Even from its beginning, Egypt Air Cargo was on the first
place in the top of handling and transporting special and
general cargo.
As the future plans, the Egyptian company intends to built
another centre of cargo handling, at the Cairo airport; the
centre will have 24,000m2 and the investment will be over 50
million $. A similar centre was already launched in Luxor.
In present, Egypt Air Cargo offers a direct access to and
from the most significant trade centers from Middle East and
Europe; also, the company developed numerous areal centers
of activity in Germany on the Hahn Airport, in Belgium on
the Ostend Airport, in the Gulf area on the Sharjah Airport,
in United Kingdom on the Stansted Airport.
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As for the Egypt part, Cairo is evaluated as an optimum
activity center for the Egyptians imports and exports and
trans-shipments too, and implicit a perfect place for the
Egypt Air Cargo to have a hub here. And this due to the
city's geographical location. In case that you need to
contact the Egypt Air Cargo company, the address is:
Egypt Air Administrative Complex, Cairo; the program
for public is from 08:00 to 20:00, every day.
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Or you can give a call at: land line 090070000; mobile:
1717.
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