EgyptAir is working on resuming flights between Cairo and Benghazi and starting new routes to Hong Kong and an undisclosed African city, Chairman Safwat Musallam tells Ahram Gate. The airline has been growing its fleet and is set to receive the first of a dozen planes from an agreement with Bombardier between November 2018 and January 2019. Previous reports on the self-financed purchase had said delivery of the first unit would be in March.
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