I will never fly Egypt air after hearing this

I had an issue with Egypt Air in 2021 and would never fly that airline again. We were seated in business class flying back to JFK from Cairo when a women gets on the plane, sees me and my friend sitting in business and says to us why are in my parents seats that's not right you should move. The flight attendant then demands our boarding passes. Mind you this woman walked on the plane accusing us of being in her parents seats, huh? We showed our pass and of course were in the right seats. The flight attendant was very rude and demanding towards us. He never apologized and just walked away from us. That women was seated in the main cabin. She spent the remainder of the flight coming into business visiting her parents who were seated in front of us and no one stopped her. Since when do flights allow that? We travel a lot and vowed never to fly with them again.

I made sure when traveling to Africa that I flew straight from Atlanta to South Africa....NOT going through middle east.

I like how you dress professionally and project a positive representation of African-American travelers. Guess that’s why you travel with so much luggage.

Kenyans in the diaspora stopped flying egypt air long time ago cause of how they treat us at their airport and yet its just a stopover. Kenyans arent that obsessed with egypt

No Northern African or Indian visits from me. No thanks. I try to source my racism locally

Kenya Airways with all its pitfalls, service is ALWAYS top notch.

On a flight from Europe to Nairobi, one mofo at Cairo scanned my passport a million times. He then handed it over to his colleague who did the same thing. After wasting 10 minutes of my life, I got my passport back with weird stares. On the plane, I wasn't even asked what I wanna eat between chicken and beef. The chicken and a bottle of water were just put on my "table". Meanwhile, Arabs next to me were asked several questions before being served whatever they wanted. Keep off that airline.

CARRY a paper mask if everyone is coughing. Remember don't spend money where you're not wanted.

As a black person, the more you travel… the more you know…

We've been warning people about Egypt air for a very long time

Should have been filming when the lady was acting ignorant. Evidence is leverage for company change.

I heard of a Nigerian passenger getting falsely accused of sexual assault at the egypt airport, & the police tried to force him in writing to say he did it.

For the life of me, Cooper I don’t understand why y’all travel and spend your money to countries that are reviewed to be racist? I don’t care what history or asset a country has. I’m not traveling to any country that it is known to be racist, let alone flying a racist airplane; hell to tha no!

A shame they behave like that in Africa. They should expect to see black folks in Egypt.

Good to see that you made it to Kemit safe and sound, Jackson. I have heard about racism in Egypt so be careful. Looking forward to the upcoming content.

I'll never fly with them again. The stewardess were rude. They turned of the A/C mid flight and there were a bunch of crying infants on the plane.

”Not tricking me out of my spot” I like that attitude keep pushing

Egypt air is uncomfortable, no entertainment...they make sure you won't like it.😂😂

All UAE airlines like Etihad, Emirates too . KZfaq suspended me when I said to boycott them for arming Sudan conflicts

The Hell with Egypt Air. They will never get my cash..

I will never travel to Egypt or Egypt air they do not treat you with respect and they lost my bag

There is nothing fascinating about Egypt...You tube videos have made it easier for the rest of Africa to tour the old tombs and to witness the garbage ridden streets...The mystery is gone

Why didn't you fly Ethiopian Airlines? They are amazing. They fly all over 🌍

If they cared, they would have changed. This story hasn't changed. Let's just speak with our money. Full stop.

Next time fly the pride of Africa..Kenya Airways,Ethiopian or SouthAfrican

So I'm a black American and I'm gonna play devil's advocate here. I think we have to be very careful as black people to 1) not expect to encounter racism everywhere we go, and 2) not to read racism into every bad experience. This was brought home to me after I got my first job after college working in the corporate office of a large insurance company. I was perhaps the ONLY black person in the entire building. The only other black employees in the company were the janitorial and mail staff and they worked in the basement. I worked in HR which was staffed by a bunch of secretaries. Every morning I went into work, I would cheerfully greet all the secretaries. They all cheerfully answered, except for one. Every time I would greet her in the morning, she would just sneer at me, so I naturally assumed she was racist. This went on for a couple of weeks until I just gave up and decided to avoid crossing her path at all costs. Then after observing for a few months I realized that she sneered and snapped at EVERYONE, not just me (my supervisor would later reveal that they couldn't fire her because she was close to retirement). She wasn't racist, she was just an unpleasant individual! Shortly after I quit my job and decided to move to Europe, where I still am today. The HR office decided to throw me a going away party and to my surprise this same secretary came right up to me with a beaming smile on her face and embraced me. This was so unexpected that I didn't know how to react. She kept saying how she was going to miss me and how she appreciated my polite manners and how I used to cheer her up every morning. I had no idea she even noticed or cared! She then gave me a little card with her home number and made me promise to keep in touch with her. Are there racist people in this world? YES there are, but they are an increasingly small number of people that are powerless to affect your life in any meaningful way. We're no longer living in the 19th century, we're not even in the 1950's and 60's. Most people are NOT racist, and in my experience, most people couldn't care LESS about your race. They care mostly about your ATTITUDE. So many of us in the black community go around EXPECTING and HOPING to encounter racism wherever we go. Then the slightest negative experience is used to confirm our suspicion that a people, a city, a country, etc. are "racist". Sometimes people are just having a bad day. Sometimes they're having domestic problems at home and take out their frustrations on you. Sometimes you remind them of someone they dislike. Maybe it's the way you dress, the way you talk, your mannerisms, etc. "RACISM" shouldn't be our default explanation for every single negative experience! Furthermore, if you start every journey EXPECTING to experience racism, guess what? Our expectations are the SAME THING as a PRAYER!! You're actually PRAYING for racism! Whatever you expect, whatever you pray for, it has an ironic way of actually coming true. So if you start your day expecting to meet positive people and have only positive experiences, most likely you will encounter exactly that. The same principle works in reverse as well - if you start your day expecting to meet negative people and only have negative experiences, well, you're the one actually summoning all that negativity into your life! We black Americans need to stop being so paranoid and expecting the world to be inexplicably against us. Most people are NOT racist and most negative experiences have NOTHING whatsoever to do with racism!

Thank you Cooper. I have heard many horrible stories about flying Egypt airlines and as black tourist visiting Egypt. Never had any desire to visit Egypt and I have visited several African countries Egypt was never one of them. Two of my girlfriends visited Egypt, on the flight the airline host spilled water on her while serving food, she apologized, but we knew it was no accident. She made a complaint to the airline corporate office, as of today no reply. This was two years ago. Then while in Cairo they were sexual harassed, keep in mind they respected the culture, dressed appropriately, etc, but was still disrespected. Spend your money where you're welcome. Goodluck!! Glad you are capturing these stories so people can be aware.

There were 5 other black Africans that walked past your seat on the plane, were they treated bad as well? There’s a black woman with braids behind you on the other side seated, you didn’t see her either?

Thanks Mr. Cooper for enlightening us…. Noted!

Never ever fly that thing unless it's the last flight on earth to Nivarna! I know several others of the same ilk but that's a story for another day.😢

Sad that you didn't know that, as a black person.if possible, try to avoid travelling through Egypt.

As an American woman of color, I've been flying Egypt Air exclusively from JFK to Cairo purchasing my visa at the Cairo airport for $25 USD with no problems with the airline ever. Egypt Air also provided hotel accommodations when my layovers were long from Cairo to final destination (at nice hotels)

Thanks for the heads up

Bro you said you’re the only black on this flight!!! You sure you can see??😅

I have flown on Egypt Air to Cairo from Paris, France and back... It was a business trip; so, there was a group of us. I can tell you that Egypt Air is not the best airline and there are times where Egyptians have acted different towards Black Americans compared to White Americans on our business trips. But hopefully, your experience will get better. Cairo is a cool city.

Of course that's why they blew the nose off, Coop. And that's why you can see color being stripped off of a lot of the hieroglyphics, too.

I'm Asian American and went to Egypt with my best friend since childhood who is African American. I definitely noticed the racist treatment he got compared to me. After immigration and security where they check your bags before you enter the country, he was randomly stopped by security and interviewed even though he was just steps behind me. He had to wave at me to come over as I had kept walking and I told the security that we were traveling together and they let him go. From what I understand, they profile any Black people coming into Egypt and Black people are under constant harassment by the police and other security officials on the streets as many come in as refugees and are looked down upon. It was pretty shocking to see that and I felt bad for him.

I took a trip to Egypt via Egyptair in 12/2018. The flight headed there was uneventful. However, coming back, I had to request the security manager/supervisor because after going through five security check points and having my carry on checked, they wanted to take my phone charger. I refused to have them take it. I said what in the hell, I've gone through JFK, came into Egypt with the charger, why are you looking to confiscate it? Somehow, there was this concern about the charger being an explosive. I'm going back and forth with them, and this white lady came up to me and said stop arguing with them, and I advised her of what was happening. She stood behind me. Then they kept asking for my US passport and asked me why am I here in their country? I was taken aback, flabbergasted to say the least. It's funny, no one asked me why I was in their country when they were begging me to buy trinkets and patronize their businesses, but I digress. Eventually, they gave my charger to security personnel who was going on my flight, and I was told that they would give it to me when they landed. During the flight, the steward was ignoring me. The seats were beyond uncomfortable, and this arrogant African girl was in front of my pushing her seat in my lap. I asked her to pull her seat up or go in first class. Just an overall miserable flight. But I did what I came to do, I saw the sites and the tour I did of Egypt was ok. The flight coming home was another story...

Thanks Coop for sharing your experience. Exposure is the remedy to changing behavior. Will never get a penny of my money. 2024 we are not accepting nonsense and looking the other way. It must be addressed.

Stay safe and I hope you make a formal complaint when you are safe and back home.

funny your not the first one complaining

Stay cautious bro. On another note, be humble. You have this ego about being a "black American" in Africa and expecting that's a rubber stamp to VIP treatment once they hear your accent. Naaa man, plenty of accomplished expats so miss it with the, "what if I told you I am a black American" attitude even when doing the street interviews. Couldn't help but notice you were already on edge on your way to "26C". And with you being a "content creator" don't you think the moment they didn't serve you food would've been worth capturing on video rather than dissecting after the flight? Now that would be some content right there which TBH, has been lacking from your corner man. But all the best, still support ya regardless, keep pushing

I am a Black American Woman married to a Middle Eastern Man fir 30 years, we visited Cairo, Egypt and it was like the Wild wikd west. Everyone wanted to get money out of us, including the police !! When they realized that my husband spoke thrir language and was Arab too they stopped and moved on to the next group of people!! When you leave America, there's no such thing as "Black People ", you are what country you are from. We have never went back

Peace, I'm a New Subbie. I flew EgyptAir early in 2023 (Cairo to Luxor 1-day layover Round trip). Add being a Woman to being an obviously American and Black. What I noticed most was women were treated less than stellar in comparison to the men, then the sliding scale of appearance / Class/ Color. One Whitish appearing Arab/Muslim man seemingly of means ordered the Flight staff around like personal servants the whole flight. He refused to follow directions and was overtly rude to his surrounding flight companions. The same flight attendants overtly submitting to his rudeness would turn around and attempt to be overtly rude to us. Their rudeness smashed up against a wall of impenetrable complete Unbotheredness. I'm flying around Egypt from the States… U are the flying Coat Check Girl on the equivalent of the DMV to Philly route… 💅🏾 Not to mention many of my fellow flight members were giving passengers on the flight to Nepal Eddie Murphy took in “The Golden Child” tease. Girl, please. Thankfully, I was not acting like the atypical “Ugly American”. I simply read my book and igg’d it all. I loved touring Cairo, Giza and Luxor. I flew into Cairo from Paris. My next African tour, Jah willing, will take me to Aswan, Egypt and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ☥✨☮️✨☥

Thanks for sharing

Egypt air is a no go for melanated kings and queens. Be careful of being framed at the airport bro

I have never heard anything good about egypt air. Whether you are black or white. Am Kenyan in diaspora and I would never fly egypt air which is always cheaper but wouldn't fly it

I still don’t understand why some black people still didn’t realize we must avoid dealing with anything that sounds Arab.

I want to travel the world and vlog too Jackson !!! So inspirational!!! I'm miserable over here in America

I flew Egypt air and had no problem. Didn't have to print out the Visa. I've experienced more racism in America by my own black people

Egypt air has many of these incidents. Also Turkish airlines.

The Sports Coat & Turtleneck Combo Look Very Nice, Especially With Those Colors.👍 However, The Glasses Are 🔥🔥🔥!👌👌👌

What did you shoot this with? Great video

MUCH LOVE BROTHER KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MUCH RESPECT FROM BLK AMERICA I WILL NEVER LEAVE AMERICA 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Could it be the slick look with sunglasses on 😎 inside the airport & airplane, people wondering why this man wearing glasses in the evening? I have lots of friends who are from NYC & ATL that go to Egypt and have never been discriminated

Of all the 54 African states you choose to go to North Africa/Arab territory? I get the fascination with pyramids and the Sphinx, but c'mon it's 2024. Immerse yourself in other African cultures even if the infrastructure in most parts are not up to par. It's all about exploring and demystifying long held beliefs.

Were there other passengers that were served without asking? If so, then yea, that does not seem right

What exactly did she do, not hand you your pound cake first? Sometimes things aren't racist sometimes people are just rude. This video doesn't really illuminate exactly how someone was being racist. At least I didn't see it

Thee are Black men that have been flying internationally for 6-7 decades that have not had the problems that some young Black men have on 1 flight.

Love the jacket dude. Sharp dressing....Great to see young black men looking sharp wherever they go👍

I flew from delta airline from Atlanta to CDG and transfer to Egypt air in Paris to Cairo I didn’t have problems I was walking around Cairo at night no problems

My single EgyptaAir experience was awful. I will never fly with them again.

im a black person who flues to egypt sll the time and ive never had a problem i always get treated amazingly

Watched the whole video full and through, your claims of racism on the flight doesn’t have substantial evidence. My guess is if you were still wearing your shades on the flight which you were in the video maybe she thought you were sleeping and didn’t want to bother you. That’s my input enjoy your stay in Egypt.

I studied in Egypt for two years. Was invited to Kenya by my Kenyan girlfriend for holiday. I and another American classmate named Melvin booked two flights on EgyptAir for a two week trip to Nairobi. We flew directly from Cairo to Nairobi. We reached without incident EXCEPT our luggage and the luggage of all the passengers on the entire flight went to Rome instead. We did get our luggage though, about 3 days later. On another note, we were the only American black people on the plane and while we were waiting, in vain, for the luggage, when the carousel kept turning and turning completely empty, it became clear there was a major problem. Everyone waiting grew livid, irate and abusive to the Kenyan employees. Everyone, except Melvin and I. After living as students in Egypt and dealing with Cairo chaos we were both cracking light jokes to each other like our luggage will show up, “Insha’Allah, bokrah, ma’alesh” which is an Egyptian saying meaning “if God wills, tomorrow, shit happens.” LOL They use the saying so much they call it IBM for short. A Kenyan officer observing the whole thing walked over to us and asked to see our passports. We humbly complied, but thinking, “what now?” He looked them over and then said follow me. He walked us past several red hot passengers to the desk in front. He asked us to wait just on the other side, while he flipped through our passports and began stamping them, never once looking back up. The other passengers started protesting, “wait, we were here first.” The officer completed stamping. When done he looked up at us, smiled, and said “Welcome to Kenya. Please enjoy your time with us.” He then turned to the red faced, gobsmacked passengers and said, verbatim, “Now, who’s first?”

There are some airlines that I can’t fly with.

Won't fly Egypt Air ❌, I just fly European Airlines, or Black country Airlines ✅

Cooooooooop hey man so remember to us these people are just tan "WP" as Eddie Murphy would say. Keep up the great work work Bruh and let us know how it really is in that neck of the wood.

Flew on Royal Air Maroc, they made an unscheduled stop in some desert town in a intl. disputed zone. Airport was combined civil/military. Thought we were toast.

Have you received any feedback from Egypt Air since posting your video? I'm amazed (not in a good way).

I've flown egypt air and have had no problem.

I flew Egypt air and had no problem but they were short one hour flights all inside Egypt

Im Egyptian and and dont even fly Egypt air

He really making a big deal with this situation. I’m beginning to think this is fake. That was one bad experience, but also you never got more proof on other things.

I hope you go to Aswan while you are in Egypt. Safe travels!

Brother travels like an American with the bling to boot...I know this going to be interesting 😅.. Let's buckle up.

Im 6'4 i love the exit row. Ps u look like grand master bushido brown

If you look hard for something, you have more chance to find out!

Some countries i dont give a faxk about and egypt is one of them.

I luv my country that is USA......no other country has laws that protect your rights as a citizen regardless of religion race gender etc....got no reason to leave

I visited Cape Town and I loved it. I'm afraid of travelling 😅. My skin situation is not free out here. You even light and your american accent will save you. Me as w Kenyan. Trouble.

You are really dapper.

Me and my husband been to Egypt 3 times and we never had issues. My husband is black and I’m white. We are both Latinos and the only issues we had in Egypt were with rude Nigerians who was rude to my husband.

Visiting Cairo, I experienced the most overt racism in my entire life. Never again.

What a thing to say “if the plane goes down, I am not going to do….. videos like this are very shameful. I could have done that about Ghana and messed my whole experience up for eternity..

I never had any issues in Egypt

Im sorry you were treated bad in Egypt. You’re a handsome young man and dressed nice I would think they’d be treating you so well.

It's not about the blackness. You started this video negative looking for a bad experience and you got it. I never go into a room or a plane counting how many black people there are. If you were engaged with your earphones in sometimes they take that as you don't want anything. It also could be a cultural thing...maybe you actually have to say you want service on that flight. The way I saw it you were looking specifically to call them out upon starting the video.

One always finds what one is looking for.

Thank you Cooper. Now I know which airline never to fly.

lol there were multiple black people On that flight lol not just you 🤣🤣

Went to Egypt for a week from Qatar last year. Had a great experience, had no issues with bigoted folk, and never felt degraded.

Fly Kenya Airways we welcome you with warm heart's borh black or white everyone's treated equally

Coop eith the mini Afro 🪮

Things have changed post COVID, Egypt air is not the best but it’s certainly not the worst, the safety record is good and that is important flying. Doesn’t matter where we go, can’t make any mistakes as our enemies are ready to pounce.

Egypt Air's planes and equipment are on par with Spirit Airlines, but when it comes to customer service, Spirit looks like a five-star resort. Egypt Air is such a disaster, I'd rather fly Spirit in a seat made of recycled napkins while hugging my carry-on for dear life!😂😂

That woman who was staring at you as you entered the plane looked at you like you had horns on your head

Turkish airlines is the same.I prefer ethiopian airlines.

This is not good. A Nigerian man was recently falsely accused of SA. He was very lucky. I think I shall not be flying them…