Items related to Cairo International Airport

Tourism Minister apologizes to EgyptAir passengers
07 Sep 2012
Hesham Za'Zo Minister of Tourism, apologizes to passengers because of delay of their flights resulted from strike of EgyptAir stewards, Cairo International AirPort, 7 September 2012. Passengers attempting to board international EgyptAir flights were left stranded at Cairo airport's Terminal 3 after the impromptu strike almost completely shut down the terminal with the exception of domestic flights.
Aboul Fotouh for president
19 Jun 2011
A show of support for Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Muslim Brotherhood leader and potential presidential candidate in upcoming elections, Cairo International Airport, June 18, 2011. Notably, MB decided Aboul Fotouh is no longer an MB member, given his violation of an MB decision not to field a presidential candidate. For more: Brotherhood youth blast decision to expel Abouel Fotouh.
Salem's aborted attempt to smuggle riches
24 Apr 2011
Customers officers as they search bags allegedly sent by a Saudi prince Mansour bin Moqrin Al Saud to his sister Lamiaa, Cairo International Airport, April 24, 2011. Upon further investigation bags turned out to belong to runaway businessman Hussein Salem, a long-standing confidant of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and against whom Interpol issued a recent notice.
Radwan innocent of spying
03 Apr 2011
Egyptian-American Mohamed Radwan received by his parents, Cairo International Airport, 2 April, 2011. Falsly reported a spy for Israel, Radwan was released after being arrested by Syrian authorities on charges of promoting false information about violence and riot acts in Syria as he used his cell phone to shoot a massive rally. 
Ahly flies to Tunisia
14 Oct 2010
Ahly football team waiting for their flight to Tunisia, Cairo International Airport, Cairo, October 14, 2010. Ahly and the Tunisian Esperance will meet on October 17 within the semi-finals of the African Champions League. Team includes 20 players and is headed by Mahmoud al-Khateeb, Club Vice-President.
National team leaves Cairo
07 Oct 2010
Egyptian football team coach Captain Hassan Shehata as he leaves with the rest of the national team from Cairo International Airport, 6 October, 2010. The national team is traveling to Niamey, Niger to play against Niger's national team during the second round of matches in the group stage of the 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifier on 10 October.
ElBaradei in Cairo
23 Sep 2010
Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on his arrival at Cairo International Airport, February 19, 2010. ElBaradei's homecoming - after many years spend abroad serving as Director-General of IAEA - has been a political quake, spreading waves and waves of political demands and calls for change, locally and abroad, online and in actual public space.
Gogh's Poppy Flower stolen
21 Aug 2010
Van Gogh's materpiece Poppy Flowers, one most important piece in Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Giza, initially reported to have been stolen by two Italians who were about to depart from Cairo International Airport. The painting, standing at $50 million, was stolen, according to a police source, Saturday morning. Ministry of Culture responded by an investigation in which Minister Farouq Hosni blamed Plastic Arts Sector, for neglience. Interestingly, Gogh's masterpiece "disappeared" misterioulsy in 1978 and was returned which raised controversy over authenticity of existing painting. Investigations are still in progress. This morning, Public Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud was on an onsite tour and said early warnngs were issued about stealing valuable works of arts.Earlier, conflicting reports had it that thieves had been arrested and a fire went up in a neighboring building - which all proved unfounded upon further investigation.
Waiting for corpse
16 May 2010
Family members of Egyptian engineer Samy Barakat Mahmoud, who was shot dead by gangs in Nigeria, waiting for his corpse, Cairo International Airport, May 16, 2010.
airport normal
26 Apr 2010
For the last two days, flights to and from Europe have resumed at Cairo International Airport