EgyptAir Flight 990 - Update

Newport, R.I. (PROTEXT) - The needs and concerns of the friends and families of passengers and crew from EgyptAir Flight 990 continue to be given the highest priority. The airline's chairman, Eng. Mohamed Fahim Rayan, has remained in the Newport Doubletree Hotel since arriving with the family members from Egypt on November 2. Mr. Rayan has met with the victims' families everyday and has offered whatever support possible Senior EgyptAir executives are co-operating closely with the investigative authorities in all aspects of the investigation. EgyptAir started operations to the United States in May 1985, and since that date has safely operated 5,500 flights and carried more than 1.2 million passengers on the route to and from Cairo. During the same time period, the airline has safely carried more than 50 million passengers on its international and domestic network. In 1999, the EgyptAir network extended to 72 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and Africa, and 14 domestic destinations. EgyptAir operates a modern fleet of 41 airliners including the latest generation Boeing 777 and Airbus Industries A340 types. The average age of the fleet is 5.5 years, which makes it one of the youngest in the world. For specific media requests and inquiries, please contact 617- 308-4171. ots Original Text Service: EgyptAir Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Peggy Rose or Faith Weiner, both of Rasky and Company (USA) 617-308-4171, for EgyptAir Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT