Russia permits airlines to resume flights from 49 cities to Egypt
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced that carriers are now allowed to resume flights to…
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Egypt annoyed as Britain still suspends flights
Egypt expressed frustration Saturday at Britain's refusal to lift a suspension of flights from the United Kingdom…
Cairo, Moscow agree on roadmap for resumption of flights
Cairo and Moscow greed on a roadmap for the resumption of Russian flights and tourism to Egypt, Civil Aviation…
Thomson and Thomas Cook extend flight ban from UK to Egypt’s Sharm al-Sheikh
UK-based holiday operators Thomson and Thomas Cook have extended a suspension of their flights to Sharm el-Sheikh…
UK Control Risks to finalise security assessment on Egypt airports in 3 months
London-based Control Risks is set to finalized reviewing and assessing security at Egypt’s airports within two or…
EasyJet: Too early to know cost of UK’s Egypt flight suspension
Low cost airline easyJet stated Tuesday that it was too early to say what the cost of a British government-ordered…
British plane evades rocket near Sharm al-Sheikh in August
A British passenger jet came close to being hit by a rocket as it came in to land at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh in…
Britain says hopes flights to UK could leave Sharm al-Sheikh tomorrow
British Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin stated Thursday his country hoped flights back to the UK from the…
Lufthansa’s Eurowings and Edelweiss suspend flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh
German airline group Lufthansa said its affiliates; Eurowings and Edelweiss are halting flights to Egypt’s Sharm…
Egypt promotes Sharm El-Sheikh airport chief
Egypt has promoted Thursday the airport chief at Sharm el-Sheikh days after a Russian plane that took off from the…
Bahrini King flies to ‘Egypt the Future’ Today
King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa –King of Bahrain- left to Sharm Al Sheikh today morning to head the…
How Much Longer until Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections?
Egypt last had a full legislature combined with a civilian executive in February 2011. Back then after having lost…
Egypt Eyes Constructing Global Centers By BOT At $8.5 bln
Egyptian Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou said Egypt is aspiring to activate a future strategy for the conferences…
1910 Tourists Arrive In Alexandria Port
Egypt's Alexandria Port received today the Bahamian ship "Legend of the Seas", which was coming from Sharm Al…
Egypt’s Delegation In Doha Will Discuss Qatari Diar’s Disputes
Muharam Helal, Chairman of the Egyptian Qatari Business Council, said the agenda of the Egyptian delegation, which…
Egypt’s Safaga port Shuts Over Bad Weather… 1250 Tourists Arrives
On Sunday morning, the authorities in Safaga Port decided to shut the port and delay the tours of vessels owing to…
1700 Tourists Arrive In Alexandria Port
Egypt's Alexandria Port received this morning the Maltese cruise ship "Thomson Spirit" coming from Turkey and…
Safaga Port Receives 1060 Tourists On 3 Ships
On Sunday morning, Egypt's Safaga Port received 3 ships transferring 1060 tourists from different nationalities,…
Ain Sukhna Port Receives 3300 Tourists Today
Some 3300 tourists on board of two ships, coming from Jordon's Aqaba Port and Sharm Al Sheikh Port, arrived at…
About 824K Tourists Arrived In Red Sea During 2012.
Egypt's General Authority for Red Sea Ports has announced that in 2012 the tourists number reached 824.492…
Tourism Activation Requires Security, Political Stability: Hesham Zazou
The Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Hesham Zazou, has stressed the necessity of security and political stability in…
Political Tensions Disappoint Tourism Sector During Xmas Holidays
"Disappointment" is the word, by which the tourism sectors described the Christmas season and the New Year, due to…
RSPA Targets 350.000 Tourists By April 2013
The Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) is aiming at attracting as to 350.000 tourists during the tourism season from…
Egyptian Tourism To Turkey Hiked By 400% In 18 Months
Mody Mageed, General Manager, at Amadeus Egypt, has affirmed that the Egyptian tours abroad, especially to Turkey,…
Zazou: Morsi’s Decisions Not To Affect Tourism
Egypt's Minister of Tourism, Hesham Zazou, said the latest incidents took place in Mohamed Mahmoud Street, sit-ins…
US Embassy Warns Citizen Traveling to Sharm Al Sheikh
On Monday, the US embassy in Cairo issued a cautionary message to American citizens in Egypt. The message…
EgyptAir Operates 274 Flights To Sharm AL Sheikh, Hurghada During Feast
Captain Helmy Rizk, Chairman and CEO, EGYPTAIR EXPRESS, asserted that the company during El Adha feast…
Zazou In Turkey To Inaugurate Istanbul-Sharm Airline
On Sunday morning, Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou and an escorted delegation headed to Istanbul. In a 2-days…
$892 mln Tourism Sector Incomes In August: MOT
Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Hesham Zazou, asserted that the tourism in Egypt witnessed improvement during the…
Zazou: Saudi Investors Compete For Tourism Ventures In Egypt
A large number or Saudi investors expressed a desire to compete for 28 million cubic meters that allocated for the…
500.000 Turkish Tourists Visit Egypt……. Airline Between Istanbul, Sharm Al Sheikh
The Egyptian Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Hatem Saleh, in an unstated meeting today in the headquarters…
Magdy Selim: August 24th Protest Arouses Fears Of Tourism Sector
The hotels' occupancy in the coastal places highly hiked during Eid El Fater holiday to revive the interior…
TDA Presents 9 mln Meters in 3 Places
Tourism Development Authority (TDA) will present lands on an area of 9 million meters to the investors next month…
German Market Revivify Tourism in Egypt
The tourism advisory in Egyptian embassy to Berlin, Mohamed Gamal, said Egypt witnessed, after the stability,…
Tourist Traffic To Egypt Picks Up After Morsy Takeover
Tourism, one of the major income-generating sectors for Egypt, contributes significantly to the gross domestic…
Occupancy Rates In South Sinai Declined Due to European Championship
The chairman of hotels chamber in South Sinai, Hussein Fawzy, said the reason for decreasing the occupancy rates…
Iran’s FM attends NAM Ministerial Meeting in Egypt
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has arrived in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh to attend a…
Tourism numbers may reach 12.5 mln Tourists in Q2, 2012
Samy Mahmoud, chief of international tourism sector in Egypt Tourism Authority, expected the return of the coming…
MB’s Candidate Butters up Tourism by Visiting Sharm Al Sheikh
Dr Mohamed Morsi, FJP’s presidential candidate, will visit Sharm Al Sheikh tomorrow. During his visit, Dr Morsi…
MOT: Egypt may receive 10 mln Tourists in 2012
Louis Labeeb, deputy minister of tourism and chairman of planning & follow-up sector, expected that Egypt may…