Superjet Lines

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Superjet Lines
Native name
شركة الاتحاد العربي للنقل البري
Type State-owned enterprise
Industry Road transport by buses
Founded1974;49 years ago (1974)
Headquarters,
Egypt
Area served
Egypt
Key people
Sabri Ayoub [1] (CEO and chairman)
Owner Ministry of Transportation
Website www.superjet.com.eg

Superjet Lines (formally Arab Union for Land Transport Company) is a large common carrier of passengers by bus in Egypt and a number of Arab countries. It is fully owned by the Ministry of Transport. [2] The main station in Cairo is in Almaza, Heliopolis, close to Cairo Airport.

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