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E5988 Air Arabia Egypt - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Air Arabia Egypt flight E5988, which currently operates between the airports of Istanbul - Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (Airport Code SAW) and Cairo - Cairo International Airport (Airport Code CAI).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Saturday, December 06, 2025.

E5988 On Time performance:
86
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

E5988 Air Arabia Egypt to Cairo

Landed - On-time
Flight Status for Saturday December 06, 2025

Airline information

Air Arabia Egypt
Air Arabia Egypt
Equipment: Airbus A320 (sharklets)

Departure

Istanbul (SAW)
December 06, 2025
Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Departed at:
13:37
Gate:
-
Scheduled Departure Time: 13:15

Arrival

Cairo (CAI)
December 06, 2025
Cairo International Airport
Arrived at:
14:31
Terminal:
1
Gate:
-
Scheduled Arrival Time: 14:35
Baggage: B09
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Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight E5988?
The flight E5988 is scheduled to flight on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight E5988?
The distance between the two airports is 1214 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight E5988?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 02:20 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 02:26 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Istanbul: 2025-12-07 22:33:47
Current Time in Cairo: 2025-12-07 21:33:47

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Istanbul and Cairo:

AJet
- Flight Number: VF247. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)
- Flight Number: VF391. (On Time performance: 88 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)

Air Cairo
- Flight Number: SM304. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 56 minutes)

Nile Air
- Flight Number: NP192. (On Time performance: 81 - Average Delay: 52 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from September 06, 2025 to December 04, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 37
On Time: 32 ( 86 % )
Moderate Delay: 2 ( 5 % )
Significant Delay: 1 ( 3 % )
Major Delay: 2 ( 5 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 53 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from December 03, 2024 to November 29, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights E5988

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Saturday
06 December
13:37
Istanbul (SAW)
14:31
Cairo (CAI)
01h 54min
Airbus A320 (s
Airbus A320 (s
Landed - On-time
Thursday
04 December
13:31
Istanbul (SAW)
14:26
Cairo (CAI)
01h 55min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
02 December
21:04
Istanbul (SAW)
21:48
Cairo (CAI)
01h 44min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - Delayed
Saturday
29 November
14:05
Istanbul (SAW)
14:50
Cairo (CAI)
01h 45min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - Delayed
Thursday
27 November
13:31
Istanbul (SAW)
14:17
Cairo (CAI)
01h 46min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Saturday
22 November
13:44
Istanbul (SAW)
14:35
Cairo (CAI)
01h 51min
Airbus A320 (s
Airbus A320 (s
- On-time
Thursday
20 November
13:45
Istanbul (SAW)
14:34
Cairo (CAI)
01h 49min
Airbus A320 (s
Airbus A320 (s
Landed - On-time
Saturday
15 November
16:47
Istanbul (SAW)
19:57
Cairo (CAI)
04h 10min
Airbus A320 (s
Airbus A320 (s
- Delayed
Thursday
13 November
13:50
Istanbul (SAW)
14:50
Cairo (CAI)
02h 00min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
- Delayed
Tuesday
11 November
13:28
Istanbul (SAW)
14:13
Cairo (CAI)
01h 45min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time