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May 18, 2014 | 9:35 am

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Arnur

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Originally Posted by IAN-UK

Anyone flown MS788 MUC-CAI and/or MS995 CAI-YYZ in business?

Lie flat seats?

Certainly not on the MUC sectors. It's (usually) a B737 with a dedicated 2-2 business-class cabin. Comfortable enough.

I have flown the B737 in business class recently (GVA-CAI) and was fairly impressed. The seats were MUCH better than on Lufthansa's service on an A320 from CAI yesterday (which uses the basic intra-European configuration). Again, unlike on LH, they had PTV with a limited, but acceptable selection of movies and the service was very attentive. From CAI to YYZ, the seats are lie-flat.

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Originally Posted by IAN-UK

What to expect for vegetarian food?

Can't help. But regular meals are good quality, generous with healthy salads. It's a large international airline so I imagine they are used to catering for vegetarians.

Don't expect too much. Out of MUC, the catering should be quite ok, but I find the MS catering from CAI fairly bad, even in business class. But then again, it is a night flight, so I assume food won't be the main consideration here.

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Originally Posted by IAN-UK

They are dry, some FTers report BYOB, any advice of what is tolerated by the crew (ie: at MUC and CAI airports, should I buy a bottle of Vodka, or a bottle of wine, or little bottles? and just mix my own drinks at my seat)?

May be hard to believe, but some passengers choose the airline because it is an alcohol-free environment. Alcohol isn't banned in Egypt, but the airline policy is to promote itself as a dry carrier. It's not a petty rule to be circumvented. Consuming alcohol may be offensive to your neighbour. If you really can't survive the flight without a drink, you might carry a miniature (think hotel mini-bar) to top up your coke discreetly.

I agree with IAN-UK here, drinking alcohol in plain view is really not a great idea of Egyptair. Consuming alcohol bought in a duty free shop on-board is prohibited on Egyptair (and in fact on all other airlines), and while the crew probably won't give you any trouble, if you are discrete about it, I think that quite a few passengers might feel offended.. Have a drink at the bar in CAI, if you must, but don't bring alcohol on the plane. Just my 2 cents..

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