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Expect a little more hassle on those flights to JFK from Cairo: EgyptAir announced it is “tightening security on its flights to New York following a request by US security authorities” starting today. Those measures include “more detailed searches of passengers and their luggage, and include interviews. The strict procedures will extend to unauthorized agricultural or veterinary products. The statement did not say if the change was linked to any new specific concerns or threats,” the Associated Press said.

An IMF mission is in town for a second review of the government’s economic reform program. The delegation, which will be here until 7 November, visited the Finance Ministry yesterday, where they met with Vice Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk, a top ministry official tells AMAY. The official refused to disclose any details from the meeting, saying that a joint statement will be issued at the end of the visit with all the need-to-knows. The delegation will meet Vice Minister of Finance Amr El Monayer on Monday. On the agenda are also sit-downs with the Cabinet economic group and officials handling trade and industry, investment, petroleum, and social welfare issues, Kouchouk had said.

A delegation from the World Trade Organization should be wrapping its five-day visit to Cairo to discuss a draft of the trade group’s policy review of Egypt.