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With onset of December, Getting cheap flights to South Africa has become the priority of the time. It is only till mid November that one may find Flights to South Africa at reasonable fares, nay later than that…and you will find yourself surrounded with sky high fares or no seat availability. However, the one airline that rarely ever disappoints is “Egypt Air”.

Egypt Air the national carrier of Egypt and its hub is located in Cairo International Airport. Egypt Air provides direct flights to Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh. While Flights to Johannesburg are provided via Cairo. The main focus cities of Egypt Airline are Alexandra international airport, Hurghada International Airport, Luxor International Airport and Sharm el Sheikh Airport, Egypt.

The airline when founded in 1932 was named as Misr Air work (Misr means Egypt in Arabic). Today this proud African Airlines owns a massive fleet size 70 and about 13 orders already placed to expand the fleet. It became a member of Star Alliance on July 11, 2008. The current CEO and chairman for Egypt Air Holding Company is Mr. Hussein Massoud.

At present, Egypt Air is operating flights to 78 destinations in worldwide countries and holds strong presence in Africa especially as a low cost airline for flights to South Africa. Yet Egypt Air is not limited to Europe or Africa. It also operates scheduled flights and freight services to Middle East, Asia and Americas. Out of the 78 destinations serviced by Egypt Air, about 17 to 18 flights are operated to and from Africa while 17 in the Middle East, 23 in Europe, 8 in Asia and one in Americas. While its direct flights to Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh remain its strongest points that cater to the need of holiday makers and business men flocking in the country every year.

It is also, Africa’s largest airline to have joined the Star Alliance group. The airline’s logo is Horus, the sky deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, usually depicted as a falcon or a man with the head of a falcon. The airline has taken Horus as its logo because of its ancient symbolism as a "winged god of the sun". The airline has recently announced flights to new destinations in Europe, America and Africa that includes, flights to Copenhagen Airport (Denmark) started very recently in October 2010. While other new routes launched this year include flights to Juba Airport (Sudan), operated via Khartoum. Also, the airlines flights to Lusaka Airport in Zambia are planned to take start from 16 January 2011. These flights will operate via Dar es Salaam.