EgyptAir 737 Business Class In 10 Pictures

F.Y.I, you said in the last paragraph that you flew from Cairo to Vienna. Isn't it the other way around?

Cairo airport is brutal, yeah. Trying to find an Uber there was awful - no one wanted to help, and the only people who spoke English were the cabbies who were happy to follow you around as you looked for the Uber while reminding you that "Uber isn't allowed here."

I remember that after having to cancel 2-3 Ubers, we dropped a pin in the parking lot and dragged our bags down there so that we could ultimately get our Uber.

Careem is your friend in Cairo. They are a similar riding sharing service and they allow you to schedule your ride, and my driver met me in the departures hall exit with a sign.
Before I found my driver, I had taxi drivers all over me as I was getting money out of the ATM and trying to get out of the airport.

"EgyptAir’s 737 business class was a perfectly comfortable and no frills way to fly from Vienna to Cairo."

No frills would be a way to describe flying in economy...

Transiting 'airside' from de Star Alliance Terminal to the new terminal Oman Air uses, is time consuming and extremely frustrating. We also almost missed our Etihad flight (despite having 4 hours in between). Bags never made it.

I just took a flight on Etihad about 2 Hours ago and they had Caviar in first!!!

Can you bring your own alcohol?

@FNT Delta Diamond I flew EgyptAir MUC-CAI last September and I purchased some minis in duty free in MUC to bring on board. I showed them to the FA and she had no problem with my mixing my own cocktails.

@Lucky, interesting on the safety briefing. A few years ago on a late night, short hop, WN flight the attendants literally forgot to do the briefing and did a quick one about 5 minutes after we were airborne. I always wondered what the consequence of that was as I assume it’s an FAA infraction of some kind that must be reported.

We flew VIE-CAI a day before you did and had a choice of chicken, lamb, or fish. The lamb was vey good, and tender. The worst part of the experience was the terrible Austrian business lounge in Vienna: no food after 2pm, other than mediocre soup! And of course insufficient outlets. Cairo airport was easy, they had a bus for the business class only, there is an express line at immigration for business class, our bags were already there, as was the driver from outer hotel ($14). And Cairo is a delight.

1) The security guys have been sitting in the back for about a year now.
2) 4 of my last 5 flights have taken off before the safety video is done.
3) Because a particular blogger wrote extensively about their non-standard transit experience at Cairo, the airport authority clamped down on that. Now it's just quicker to enter the country, walk across to your new flight, then leave. If you know you're going to be transiting there, purchase a few arrival visas at the same time and keep them in your pocket for the future.

CAI arrivals is one of the very few airports to offer *Gold express lane ( it’s quite handy when staying at LeM; you can be through and on the walkway to the hotel in a couple of minutes; the other terminal a different matter entirely, sadly).
I take these EgyptAir flights fairly often ( FCO, VIE,CDG, AMS,MUC...all have nice timings for early/mid evening arrivals). J is a waste of money; Y is fine IMO.

Why did it impress you that they sat in economy? What difference would it have made to your experience if you knew staff were seated in your cabin?

What is the difference between sparkling water club soda ?

I wouldn't fly them for free. CAI is a hellish experience. All in all flying MS and CAI is usually a chaotic experience. I really do worry about my safety when flying Egyptair.

I wouldn't fly them while the Egyptian Government is persecuting gay people (and everyone really)...

@Erik
As far as I'm aware, club soda is a specific type of sparkling water. Sparkling water is the catch-all term which includes mineral water (which is naturally carbonated), seltzer (which is plain water artificially carbonated) and club soda (which is mineralized water artificially carbonated).

I know most of you are flying for business. The price of the business tickets are company expense. But I am on my own. I fly about 3 times a year. I had been flying business class for the last 20 plus years. The price of a business class ticket has gone up so much I practically can’t afford it anymore. I go from Dallas to Hong Kong 2 times a year and Dallas to Europe once a year. Any ways to get a decent price for a ticket instead of 7K plus?

@Zymm @Erik Very close but one minor correction - club soda is seltzer that typically has added potassium bicarbonate or potassium sulfate for flavor purposes.

Sparking mineral water has natural minerals because it is sourced from a spring. Most are naturally bubbly, although Pelligrino artificially adds bubbles.

Tonic water is seltzer with quinine added which gives it a bitter taste. It was originally developed to prevent malaria, but now has less overall quinine and isn't used for Malaria (that I'm aware). It has calories, unlike most other kinds of sparking waters.

Thanks for the answer , but can you name a mineral water that Comes out of the well carbonated and/or with bubbles ?

Club soda usually has salt in it; sparking water usually does not.

Lucky, you didn't have an "Apple Streusel", rather you had an "Apple Strudel" - Streusel means "crumble"... 😉

I flew FRA-CAI-FRA ( "Transit" CAI-JNB-CAI ) in BUSSINES last APRIL 2018.
MS use the new 737-800 NG on this route. Only 4 rows in BUSINESS ( 2 - 2 configuration ).
Good and comprehensive IFE ( "retractable" screen ). Good food and service on my flight. "Dry Airline" ! On both flights was a SKY MARSHAL sitting in BUSINESS CLASS ( "and one more in ECO" ). If you compare the PRODUCT with LH ( FRA-CAI / A321 ), MS is much better due to the
"real" BUSINESS SEAT on this medium haul flight .

Transit in CAI ( Lounge etc. ) not so nice....