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UNITED ARAB AIRLINES-EGYPT AIR B707 OPERATIONS IN THE 70s

The story of the B707 operations with U.A.A starts on a wrong foot. An original order for 5 b707-320 were placed in the 1960 with deliveries starting In November 1961 and ending in April 1964. The contract fell apart as no financing could be made available. U.A.A turned to ordering more DH106 Comets. The tide changed in 1966 when on June 15, 1966 a new contract for 3 Boeing 707 were signed . The first of which SU-AOU "Khopho" was delivered on September 18, 1968 . UAA put the new airliner on its London run.

SU-AOU B707-366C "KHOPHO" of UNITED ARAB AIRLINES sporting a rather austere delivery-Private collection

In 1970 the B707 operations of the company extended from London in Europe to Freetown in West Africa , Dar-es-Salam in East Africa up to Tokyo in the Far East as shown in the following 2 maps and schedule table

UNITED ARAB AIRLINES B 707 EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS SUMMER 1970

UNITED ARAB AIRLINES B 707 AFRICA-MIDDLE & FAR EAST DESTINATIONS SUMMER 1970

On October 10,1971, United Arab Airlines is renamed Egypt Air and introduces a new livery as depicted on this photo.

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"EgyptAir Boeing 707-320C SU-AOU ORY May 1978" by Michel Gilliand - Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons. SU-AOU sporting its new delivery scheme.

The winter timetable 1971/72 features the operations of the B707 that served the Middle East, African and Far East destinations whereas the European and Middle Eastern services were served by the Ilyushin 62. More on the operations of the Il62 of Egypt Air by following this link IL 62 by UAA

EGYPT AIR B 707 AFRICA-MIDDLE & FAR EAST DESTINATIONS WINTER 1971/72

As with most operators, the mid-seventies will be the year of fleet renewal, the availability of the new A300 and the smaller B737 will be the new choices of aircraft by Egyptair. An Airbus will bill be leased in 1977 and a couple of B737 in October 1975 pending the deliveries of the company's own frames.
The timetable dated may 15-Oct 31, 1977 gives us an outlook on the operations of Egypt Air's 707 .