Tensions between the military and the ruling Muslim Brotherhood have moved increasingly to the fore in recent weeks, culminating in the leak to the UK newspaper The Guardian of a report by a presidential appointed committee into abuses committed by (...)
Egypt's first international aviation exhibition gave the country a long-awaited chance to return to the region's pilot seat, but Amira Ibrahim discovered serious planning flaws
Aviation specialists have generally been regarding the Avex 2005 Expo (...)
Tourism is touted as the engine driving national development yet airports remain in a sorry state of dilapidation. Amira Ibrahim investigates plans to upgrade the world's gateways into Egypt
The janitors making half-hearted efforts at mopping up (...)
Why were hundreds of EgyptAir passengers returning from the hajj pilgrimage left stranded for three days at a Saudi Arabian airport? Amira Ibrahim investigates
As the national carrier continued to bring Egyptian pilgrims home, aviation authorities (...)
Since the Taba bombings in October, Amira Ibrahim reports, the security clampdown on Sinai's Bedouins has stirred up decades of discontent
"I remember how many of my people were forced out of their homes and palm groves in the wake of the 1967 (...)
Officials dismiss Israeli claims that Egyptian aircraft regularly violate Israeli airspace, reports Amira Ibrahim
Israeli allegations that Egypt is violating Israeli airspace near Eilat made their appearance just when relations between Egypt and (...)
Engaging the EU
EGYPT and the Arab League are trying to encourage the European Union (EU) to play a more central role in promoting peace in the Middle East, especially between Palestinians and Israelis.
During his visit to Cairo this week, Spanish (...)
The liberalisation of airports topped the agenda at the annual meeting of the International Airports Council (ACI) held in Cairo last week. Amira Ibrahim reports
More than 200 aviation experts and officials representing 43 Asian and African (...)
With investigations underway, military observers told Amira Ibrahim that Egypt needed to be more assertive in order to stop further Israeli aggressive actions on its borders
Israel apologised to Egypt for last week's incident, saying its soldiers (...)
The latest official report on last January's fatal Flash airlines crash did not reveal much, reports Amira Ibrahim
Last Thursday, civil aviation authorities made public a report that presented no conclusive answers as to why Flash Air Flight 604 (...)
The Suez Canal re-opened following the strategic waterway's most serious closure in 30 years. Amira Ibrahim reports
Over the last 50 years, the Suez Canal has been closed several times, either because of war or sabotage, but always due to tensions (...)
Joint exercises
EGYPTIAN and Italian armed forces completed a joint military exercise codenamed "Pyramids 2004" last week in Al- Hamam, west of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, reports Amira Ibrahim.
Egyptian and Italian commanders highlighted (...)
Amira Ibrahim looks at the complicated security situation in Sinai
According to an Egyptian military source, last week's Taba attacks "can't just be blamed on a 'security failure'. When your hands are tied, it is really complicated to specify the (...)
Amira Ibrahim looks at the optimistic plans for South Sinai's development
Twenty-five years did not catalyse as much development as would have been expected in the Sinai Peninsula. Yet, as South Sinai Governor Mustafa Afifi told Al-Ahram Weekly, (...)
Now that foreign investors will have the right to buy shares in an EgyptAir affiliate, will the national carrier itself soon be privatised? Amira Ibrahim investigates
EgyptAir is in the news again. This week, Aviation Minister Ahmed Shafiq managed (...)
Cairo deliberations
NEXT WEEK Egypt will play host to the foreign ministers of Germany, Argentina and Russia, who will hold meetings with top Egyptian officials on a wide range of issues that include the expansion of the UN Security Council, the (...)
Although the Egyptian military has dispatched several plane loads of humanitarian relief aid to Darfur, the people there need and expect much more. Amira Ibrahim reports
As part of the international community's efforts to stem the deteriorating (...)
Upgrading Egypt's inadequate cargo facilities is key to developing the export sector. Amira Ibrahim reports
The same problem seems to peak every year, starting in November and lasting until the end of the harvest season for winter and spring (...)
ANNUAL anniversary celebrations are usually the only time the media gets to take a peek at what's going on within the Egyptian Armed Forces, reports Amira Ibrahim. This week's 34th Air Defence Day afforded an opportunity for Air Defence Lt Gen Sami (...)
New taxes imposed on foreign travel have shocked passengers while airlines working in Egypt are unsure about the application of the new legislation, reports Amira Ibrahim
Legislation approved by the Egyptian parliament two weeks ago increasing taxes (...)
Nobody said developing civil aviation's profit-making potential would be easy. Amira Ibrahim reports on the complicated transformation of Cairo International Airport's VIP halls
Cairo International Airport's VIP hall is at the core of Aviation (...)
While FIFA's evaluation of Egypt's potential to host the 2010 World Cup was encouraging, some basic points were missed out. Amira Ibrahim clarifies the situation
Last week's technical study by FIFA, which is being used to evaluate which country will (...)
A draft report blames the EgyptAir crash in Tunisia two years ago on human error. Amira Ibrahim reports
While Egypt continues to investigate why a Flash Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in Sharm El- Sheikh two months ago, an EgyptAir Boeing 737 crash in (...)
With terror threats on the rise globally, the need to enforce tougher security procedures on planes was the focus of an International Civil Aviation Organisation conference in Cairo this week, reports Amira Ibrahim
With security procedures already (...)
The aviation industry is deeply divided over attempts to steer the national carrier out of its financial quagmire. Amira Ibrahim investigates
Almost two years since the national carrier EgyptAir witnessed a makeover in its management, the company (...)