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EgyptAir to receive 1st Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 2019

EgyptAir to receive 1st Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 2019
The state-owned airline had signed the biggest deal to upgrade its fleet

Cairo – Mubasher: EgyptAir will receive the first model of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner by the first quarter of 2019.

The state-owned airline had signed the biggest deal to upgrade its fleet, including six airplanes of Boeing 787-9, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

In November 2017, the Egyptian carrier announced it had signed a long-term deal to buy six of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which works by Rolls-Royce engines.

This comes within the company’s framework to upgrade its fleet to reach 130 new airplanes by 2020.