Just three coastal provinces — the Red Sea, South Sinai and Marsa Matruh — will reopen for foreign tourism in July. "We are not in a hurry.
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Online newspaper After implementing sanitation and social distancing measures, more than 200 hotels are allowed to reopen to guests. In Africa,... An air traffic controllers' strike last year delayed flights and caused passengers to be stranded.Hundreds of passengers crowded into the airport on Friday, some protesting the disruption of their travel plans and arguing with airport staff. Egypt paused all international air travel on March 19, and has only allowed its airports to operate domestic flights.
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Marking an end to the airline operations’ hiatus, EgyptAir – Egypt’s popularly used national airline – is resuming its flight operations in July with 29 destinations routes in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America. Company officials said as many as 20 international flights were cancelled, but domestic flights were not affected.EgyptAir cabin crew employees accuse the company of understaffing flights to cut costs. Egypt is set to reopen all its airports and resume international flights as from 1st July 2020 after the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) granted it a safe travel stamp. Flight attendants said they stopped work after repeated negotiations to improve their work conditions have failed.Labor unrest has become common in Egypt since the popular uprising last year that toppled longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Manar said Sunday that all airports wold reopen on July 1. It will mainly service domestic routes within France and the UK, about 189 per week on average, as well as a small number of flights between Portugal, Switzerland and Spain. EasyJet will resume some flights from June 15, with mainly domestic routes from ten British airports, as well as flights to 12 European airports in Switzerland, Spain, France and Portugal.
A road accident in Cameroon's West region has killed at least 12 people and injured 58 others, according to local police. Flights to return stranded Egyptian citizens and air freight deliveries were not suspended.Pilot Roshdy Zakaria, the head of the EgyptAir holding company, announced that international flights starting from July 1 will operate to 17 destinations in Europe, four destinations in Africa, four destinations in the Gulf region and the Middle East, three destinations in North America and to the city of Guangzhou in China.Roshdy assured that all means of comfort and safety for EgyptAir passengers would be provided, starting with booking tickets through EgyptAir’s website or call center.Airports have been prepared to maintain safe distances between the passengers inside airports and planes, which have also been equipped with air purification systems.Packed meals and a protective supplies bag will be distributed to passengers on board, said Roshdy, with the company having also provided its employees with all the necessary preventive materials.The first week of July will see flights to 13 destinations in Europe, namely Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Budapest, Paris, Rome, Milan, London, Frankfur, Munich, Berlin, Vienna, and Istanbul.Trips will be added to Barcelona, Copenhagen, Geneva and Madrid in the next few weeks.
or redistributed. EgyptAir estimated its losses from the canceled flights by midday at $10 million.
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EasyJet starts to resume its international flight schedule today, as many countries begin to lift travel restrictions. Egypt Independent. Newspaper is your news, entertainment, music & fashion website. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, "EgyptAir losses from the extended strike are somewhere between $20 to $30 million amid already deteriorating business conditions," Fadel told reporters.Roushdy Zakaria, chairman of the board of EgyptAir, told a local radio station that the company is unable to meet the financial demands of the attendants because the airline has absorbed major losses since the uprising. EasyJet EasyJet will resume a "small number" of routes from mid-June to meet customer demand, according to the BBC.
Egypt will resume air traffic at all airports from July 1 amid preparations to resume foreign tourism in three provinces with the least COVID-19 infections, the civil aviation minister said on Sunday. Flights will resume "between Egypt and countries which have reopened their airspace,” Mohamed Manar Anba said during a news conference. Egypt will reopen all of its airports to international traffic beginning July 1, the aviation minister said Sunday, as the country gears up to welcome foreign tourists to a number of beach destinations. In the wake of the turmoil, tourism to Egypt has dropped considerably, cutting into EgyptAir's passenger volume.Zakaria said if the financial demands of the attendants are met, that would prompt other employees of the company to demand similar treatment, straining the budget of the 80-year-old flagship airline.Last October, air traffic controllers staged a work stoppage to demand better work conditions, causing delays of scores of flights and leaving passengers stranded for hours at Cairo's airport.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Dr. Githinji Gitahi and Edwin Macharia
(AP Photo/Jihan Nasr, Al Shorouk newspaper) Here’s what we know so far. An EgyptAir plane lands on the runway of the Capital International Airport, a new airport built for Egypt's new capital, known as the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, Egypt July 9, 2019. Namibia. on Wednesday, July 1, after a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak.