At the Dubai Airshow in November 2023, EgyptAir placed a firm order for 10 Airbus A350-900s. Then in June 2025, EgyptAir increased that order to 16 jets. There’s now an exciting update (well, if you’re interested in EgyptAir), as the airline has taken delivery of its first of these modern jets.
Continue reading: EgyptAir Adds Airbus A350-900 To Fleet, 16 To Be Delivered By 2033
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Ben, when will we be seeing your flight review on this plane? 😉
Any 5th freedom routes out there for MS?
Egypt is one of those countries that has to buy from both Airbus and Boeing and have fleet complexity because of it but it is telling how many global airlines other than AA and UA have widebodies from both Airbus and Boeing.
Sadly, this shameful apology of an airline remains the only Arabic-speaking member of the Star Alliance, when Oneworld now has four. I wish an airline like Gulf Air from the Middle East were to join Star, seeing as MS is in no shape or position to improve its abysmal standing in terms of product, no matter how many A350s, A321neos and 787s it may buy. ET suffers from product inconsistency but has more heart by far, and deserves to be Africa’s largest airline.
What’r you talking about, Tim? Many international airlines have both Airbus and Boeing widebodies. Delta used to as well, and will soon enough again if the 787 order is fulfilled.
Delta DOES have Boeing widebodies - the 767s - as well as Airbus widebodies.
American and United appear to be allergic to sample from the best the world has to offer.
EgyptAir is more in line w/ the majority of global airlines in fleet diversity and DL, but not AA and UA, is in that camp.
Ah, I see. Well, AA did have those 300s and 330s for a while; UA... nope, never, you're right.
I note that as Boeing has been given approval to increase the monthly 737 production to 42, UA might well be pleased, right Tim?
Ben knows what he has to do if he would be desirous of no jail time or cutting it in half.
yes.... and it is also working to increase production of the 787 while hoping to get the MAX 7 and 10 as well as the 77X certified in the next year.
This could be a big year for Boeing - but Airbus is also committed to increasing production of its airplane families.
Ben wrote a post saying that Cairo Airport really sucks (which it does). It made the TV news in Egypt, and Ben got publicly denounced by the Egyptian Government!
Egyptair's product is not abysmal and is superior to Aegean, Austrian, and Lufthansa operating in the Middle East!
I flew the Airbus 350 from Cairo to LHR today. I've been flying Egyptair to Cairo in economy and business about 5 times a year for the last 4 years, and the 350 is a massive improvement on the tired aircraft that normally fly the route. If it becomes their standard plane from London to Cairo, BA, which is already marginally worse, should lose market share on the route