![](https://amayei.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2018/09/an_egyptair_airline_crew_member_walks_near_an_egyptair_plane_on_the_runway_at_cairo_airport.jpg)
The departure of five international flights at Cairo Airport on Friday were delayed due to maintenance work and technical malfunctions.
A navigation source at Cairo Airport said the flight of Nesma Airlines 170 to Jeddah was delayed by two hours because of a technical malfunction.
The Kuwait Airways flight to Kuwait was delayed for an hour and a half due to maintenance work.
The Turkish Airlines flight 691 to Istanbul was delayed for an hour and a half due to maintenance work. The flight of Moroccan Airlines 273 to Casablanca was delayed an hour and the Nile Airlines flight 143 was delayed an hour and a half because of a technical malfunction, according to the source.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm