Egypt's airline sector lost $170m in unrest
National carrier EgyptAir hit hardest by tourist exodus
AP , Tuesday 15 Mar 2011
Egypt's civil aviation minister says the country's airline industry has lost more than 1 billion Egyptian pounds (US$170 million) as a result of the unrest that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Ibrahim Manaa told reporters Tuesday that over 60 per cent of the losses were from to national carrier, EgyptAir, while the remainder came in losses at the country's various airports.
More than 150,000 foreign tourists fled the country during the 18-day uprising that began on 25 January.
EgyptAir was hard hit, canceling at as many as 75 per cent of its flights and most recently offering to lease some of its newest planes, along with crew, to offset projected losses.
Egypt's air traffic control officers to shutdown airspace Thursday
Air traffic control officers announced a four-hour strike for Thursday as they threaten to shutdown airspace in protest at corruption and poor working conditions
Sherif Tarek, Monday 6 Jun 2011
Airspace shutdown on the cards
Around a fortnight ago, air traffic control officers announced their intention to go on a four-hour strike on Thursday, 9 June from 3:00pm to 7:00pm. The strike which would lead to the shutdown of Egyptian airspace was called in protest at the lack of perks, insufficient salaries and the shady appointment of 59 officers. If their demands are not met, the officers will call for further strikes.
Shortly after the announcement, some of the officers met with Commander of the Egyptian Air Force Reda Hafez, but the two parties were unable to reach an agreement.
In 1998 and 2005, air traffic control officers staged protests to call for similar demands, but neither protest resulted in the shutdown of airspace.
An air traffic control officer, speaking to Ahram Online on condition of anonymity, believes he and his peers in the National Company for Aviation Services are inexplicably underrated in Egypt especially when compared to their counterparts in other countries.
“In most countries, air traffic control officers are at a much better level than we are,” stated the 28-year-old officer, adding: “We are underpaid, considering the salaries of the air traffic control officers anywhere else in the world -- in Spain for instance.
“We use obsolete equipment while doing our job, even though it’s an extremely critical task. Some of the radiation from the radars we use can cause cancer, yet we don’t even have medical insurance.”
Speaking on the newly-appointed officers, the same source said: “They were granted better deals than we were when we were first hired.
“Their starting salaries are much higher and they were all deployed in Cairo, whereas only seniors get the chance to work in the capital. We all started working in other cities; this is quite unfair.
“None of them are competent and some of them are women even though women are generally unable to take up such jobs due to many reasons. For instance, female officers will officially take no night or overnight shifts; that doesn’t make any sense.
“We will cause an airspace shutdown for four hours and will do so again if they don’t respond to our demands.”
On the other hand, Minister of Civil Aviation Ibrahim Manaa deplored Thursday’s strike, describing it as “unpatriotic”.
“This is against the nation’s interests and threatens the aviation system,” stated Manaa, citing the recent anti-strike law: “There is a law that criminalises strikes for those whose work is related to public services.
Manaa went on to defend the appointments of the 59 officers: “The newly-appointed 59 air traffic control officers have been highly trained in the Egyptian Aviation Academy and were internationally accredited and acclaimed.
“The salaries of the senior officers haven’t been affected by the appointments. We only had 600 air traffic control officers and we needed 100 more.
Referring to the protesting officers’ demands, the minister said: “Furthermore, there are committees within the minister of aviation to look into the demands of those who were subjected to any kind of injustice.
“All officers got their payments in full without any deduction despite the financial crisis Egypt has been witnessing since the January 25 Revolution.
Manaa’s comments turned again to patriotism and often cited fiscal justifications: “Such strikes would be unpatriotic. Egypt Air’s losses have reached around a billion, not to mention debts incurred after the purchase of a whole new fleet of airplanes.”
A fire in the cockpit of an EgyptAir aeroplane could have resulted in catastrophe at Cairo Airport but the jet was evacuated before the takeoff.
An electric fire broke out in the cockpit of an EgyptAir Boeing 777 heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday.
According to Cairo Airport officials speaking on condition of anonymity,
the pilot discovered the fire in time to evacuate the plane.
Some 300 passengers on their way to perform Umrah or the Lesser Pilgrimage off-boarded unharmed; their luggage remained intact.
According to AP, however, two fire fighters were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
Cairo airport protest ends but schedules still hit: official
By AFP October 6, 2011, 12:18 pm
CAIRO: Cairo airport traffic controllers were working to schedule on Thursday after a brief protest the night before forced 16 international flights to divert to other airports, airport officials said.
The officials said 27 departures were delayed as controllers, who demand better pay, delayed clearances for landings and takeoffs.
An Egypt Air official said late on Wednesday that the five-hour protest would continue to affect flight schedules for 72 hours.
Aviation Minister Lutfi Kamal went to the airport on Wednesday evening to try to negotiate an end to the protest.
An estimated 16 million people travelled through the airport in 2010.
Egypt has seen a surge in labor unrest since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February, although the military, which assumed power after his overthrow, has warned that it would not tolerate crippling strikes.
The military widened a state of emergency in September to include protests that disrupt the economy, but strikes and work protests have continued.
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Cairo International Airport employees threaten to block buses if demands go unmet
Cairo International Airport employees complain they have not received the increase in salaries promised in February 2011
Employees of Cairo International Airport threatened to escalate their protests Wednesday, saying they will block airport buses ― both internal buses transferring passengers between terminals and car parks and others transferring employees to their homes.
Workers told the media that they were promised a 30 per cent increase in salaries since February 2011, yet the increase failed to materialise as the airport administration claims a lack of resources.
Another group of protesting employees, air traffic controllers at the airport, complained that their salaries are five times less than other air traffic controllers in the national navigation company in Egypt, raising questions about the billions spent on projects in the airport with no regard given to employees working on these projects.
Ahmed Hafez, the chairman of Cairo International Airport, met with the protesting employees at the bus parking zone in the airport in an attempt to reach a solution. He promised to study their demands.
On 20 September 2011 Prime Minister Sharaf inaugurated the new Seasonal Flights Terminal (ST),
located west of Terminal 3. During the stat-up phase EgyptAir operates its daily flight to Medina from the new Terminal. All Hajj traffic of EgyptAir will move to the ST while Saudia’s Hajj flights will still operate form Terminal 1.
More destinations might be added during winter. The Terminal has an annual capacity of 3.2 million passengers with 27 check-in counters and 7 gates with a common gate and single security concept,
the first in Cairo. It is designed to handle 1,200 passengers per hour. Passengers will be bussed to remote aircraft stands around Terminal 3. The purpose of the Terminal is to ease operational strains on the existing Terminals during pilgrim seasons.
Cairo Airport passengers stuck in limbo on day after cabin crew strike
Cairo Airport sees angry scenes among stranded passengers following a 12-hour strike by EgyptAir cabin crew members that authorities were notified would occur weeks in advance
Ahram Online, Saturday 8 Sep 2012
Thousands of airline passengers whose flights have been delayed are gathered at Cairo airport after a 12-hour flight hiatus caused by the strike of EgyptAir's cabin crew members. Some, whose Friday flights were put off, have spent the night at the airport.
Passengers who arrived at the airport Saturday morning to catch their Kuwait-bound flight were told by airport employees that their plane was already full and had to depart with passengers who had to spend the night at the airport when their flights were delayed. Now the Saturday passengers have to wait for the private airplanes EgyptAir employees said the company has rented in order to recover from the delays.
EgyptAir had already rented private airplanes to cover six flights Friday and hired cabin crew members from private companies to serve the flights.
The airline company cancelled all international flights departing Cairo between 4am and 4pm Friday after EgyptAir staff of air hostesses and stewards stopped work Friday morning to demand better working conditions and insurance, as well as an increase in staff numbers.
Negotiations between cabin crew members and authorities that took place Friday during the strike, mediated by the presidential legal consultant, were also attended by the minister of tourism, and the CEO of Egypt Air holding company, which cabin crew members have accused of causing the delay in realising their demands.
After the negotiations, legal consultant Mohamed Fouad, who represented President Mohamed Morsi in the afternoon negotiations, told local media that EgyptAir was willing to grant cabin crew their "legitimate demands". Accordingly, cabin crew members have agreed to suspend their strike for 48 hours.
As flight departure announcements resumed, the 12-hour stoppage had stirred disorder inside Cairo Airport with the accumulation of cancelled flights. Thousands of passengers had taken to the floor of the airport's terminals with their luggage next to them. Even some of the luggage that had been checked was kept aside as there was not enough space to accommodate the luggage coming through from all carriers.
A consultant to the aviation minister claimed Friday that the 12-hour strike had cost the state carrier LE50 million as 55 flights had been delayed. Costs are expected to continue rising throughout the recovery period from the lag.
Passengers whose flights are finally announced for departure are checking in through all counters instead of separate counters for each flight.
Outbursts of anger have been frequently heard from the crowd. An elderly woman whose flight was delayed kept yelling, "Where is the president? Why isn't he intervening to solve this crisis? I have been travelling regularly for 23 years to visit my daughter who lives abroad and this has never happened to me."
Many passengers also had to change terminals more than once to reach to their flights. An old woman in a wheelchair who had found out her terminal had changed was among those who lost her temper.
Airport officials say the 12-hour lag will be made up within 48 hours, but cabin crew workers say realistically it could take up to a week to recover from the delays.
In September 2011, EgyptAir ground staff went on strike to demand better working conditions.
Strikes in Egypt have been on the rise for several years, performing an instrumental role in the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak in early 2011.
Several weeks ago, cabin crew members notified authorities that they would strike Friday if their demands were not addressed.
The minister of civil aviation, who is directly presiding over the file, traveled to Jeddah Thursday, but cut short his trip Friday evening, meeting with Prime Minister Hisham Kandil upon his arrival in Cairo.
Israel's El Al looks to end Cairo flights: Report
Letter from airline's chief executive says heavy security requirements and high operational costs make weekly Tel Aviv-Cairo flight 'not economically viable'
AFP, Sunday 16 Sep 2012
Israel's El Al airlines is seeking to put an immediate end to its weekly flight to Cairo for the first time since the signing of the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, the Maariv newspaper reported on Sunday.
The plans were laid out in a letter sent by El Al's chief executive to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, which pointed to heavy security requirements and high operational costs, rendering it not economically viable.
"Operating the flight route to Cairo and maintaining the necessary infrastructure for that requires a large amount of security and operational resources, and heavy economic expenditure which amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually," wrote CEO Eliezer Shakedi.
"Without any commercial justification and in light of the high economic cost of operating this line, El Al cannot continue to bear these heavy expenses, and therefore is intending to stop operating the route to Cairo immediately," said the letter, excerpts of which were published in Maariv.
The airline was not immediately available to comment on the report, but a spokesman for Lieberman confirmed receiving the letter. "The matter is being looked into," Irena Etinger told AFP.
El Al has been flying the route between Tel Aviv and Cairo for more than three decades, running at least one flight per week, Maariv said.
But since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and the unrest which followed, the airline decided to operate the service on a reduced basis according to commercial needs in order to fulfil government demands, Shakedi wrote.
The flights, he said, were almost empty, and if the airline were to continue operating them, it would need assurances about which government body would help foot the bill.
"In a situation like this, and given the sensitive security situation in Egypt, El Al would have to make special arrangements which would have substantial costs," he wrote.
In light of Israel's strained ties with Egypt's new Islamic President Mohammed Morsi, the foreign ministry fears the flights may never be reinstated.
"Any element of normalisation between the two countries that is stopped, simply won't be reinstated," a ministry source told the paper.
Although the two neighbours signed a peace treaty in 1979 the relationship has never been warm, and the rise of a new Islamist-dominated government in Cairo following the overthrow of the Mubarak regime has raised fears in Israel over the future of the landmark agreement.
Cabin crew working for national carrier EgyptAir have reached a partial agreement with the company's management, with the latter approving a large portion of the workers demands, although some financial aspects still unmet.
A cabin crew strike early Friday morning led Egypt's state owned airline to suspend all international flights for 12 consecutive hours.
Air hostesses and stewards had several demands related to improving their financial status and work conditions. These demands included the creation of a separate division within the company for cabin crew, hiring extra crew to ease the load on current staff, and improving the wage structure of the staff.
"We know that Egypt is currently going through tough times financially, and the same goes for EgyptAir," Mahmoud Khairy, head of the cabin crew association told Ahram Online. "That is why we are satisfied with the gains we have made."
One of the company's concessions was to officially allow female hostesses to wear the hijab. In addition, around 250 new members will be added to the cabin crew team. Meanwhile, 190 staff members who are not physically fit to fly will be transferred to administrative divisions of the company.
A representative from the presidency and the Cabinet attended all reconciliation meetings between the striking staff and the company's management.
In September 2011, the air carrier's ground staff went on strike to demand better working conditions.
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EgyptAir terminates all flights to Japan
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CAIRO – Egypt’s national airline will cease flights to Japan until further notice because of massive economic losses and a lack of support from both governments.
In a statement Saturday, EgyptAir said that several of its routes have become an economic burden, especially those to Tokyo and Osaka.
Earlier this month, Egypt’s civil aviation minister told Parliament that the national airline’s losses had almost reached 6 billion Egyptian pounds ($900 million), forcing it to reduce flights.
Cairo Airport to adopt energy-saving measures in June
Measures aimed at conserving electricity – to come into effect next month – will include 20-percent reduction of airport lighting, aviation minister says
Ahram Online, Monday 27 May 2013
Cairo International Airport will be subject to major energy-conservation measures – including a 20-percent reduction of airport lighting – starting next month, Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website reported on Monday, citing statements by Aviation Minister Wael El-Madawy.
According to El-Madawy, the airport's night-time operations will not be halted, but only one landing lane will be available for incoming planes, given the small number of nocturnal flights.
Egypt has recently suffered a spate of intermittent electricity outages due to ongoing shortages of fuel for the nation's power stations.
Earlier this week, the government decided to raise the quantities of natural gas supplied to Egypt's power stations – to 84 million cubic metres per day – in an attempt to meet rising electricity demand.
Egypt’s total daily electricity consumption this summer is expected to rise to 29,500 megawatts, while the total daily capacity of national electricity production currently stands at some 27,000 megawatts.
US-bound Egypt plane diverted after bomb threat
An EgyptAir passenger plane heading from Cairo to New York has been forced to make an emergency landing in Glasgow after a written bomb threat was found on board
An EgyptAir official says a plane from Cairo bound for New York's John F Kennedy airport has been forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger discovered a letter onboard threatening to blow up the aircraft.
Chairman of EgyptAir Tawfiq Assi says flight 985 had around 300 passengers onboard when it was diverted to Glasgow's Prestwick Airport Saturday.
Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed that it scrambled fighter jets to escort the plane to the Glasgow airport. Police in Glasgow confirmed that officers were responding to an incident but declined to provide further detail.
Assi says the flight is now being checked by a technical team that includes bomb disposal experts. Passengers were escorted off the plane and are waiting in the Glasgow airport. Officials are also looking into their backgrounds.
Five Syrians accused of ‘terrorising’ EgyptAir flight
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Accused said to be requesting asylum in Scotland
Five Syrians accused of “terrorising” the EgyptAir flight which made an emergency landing in Glasgow last week are seeking asylum in Scotland, the state-owned news agency Al-Ahram reported on Thursday. The comment was made by EgyptAir’s head of security, Major General Magdi Alwan.
According to Alwan, Scottish authorities have denied the request for asylum, pending investigation into the incident which grounded the Egypt Air flight 985 on 15 June.
The Cairo-New York flight had been underway with 303 passengers, when, according to Al-Ahram, a “threatening message” was found in one of the toilets, prompting the pilot to land at Glasgow Prestwick, the nearest airport.
The remaining passengers have been released and have continued on their journey, while the five Syrians remain in Scotland pending investigation.
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Security officials detail how they will prepare Egypt airports for anti-government protests on 30 June
AFP , Saturday 22 Jun 2013
Egypt's airports will be on high alert ahead of 30 June when opposition protesters plan to demonstrate against President Mohamed Morsi, security officials say on Saturday.
EGYPTAIR Suspends Japan Operation from late-October 2013
by JL
Update at 0720GMT 16SEP13
As per 16SEP13 GDS Inventory display, EGYPTAIR from 24OCT13 once again cancels Cairo – Osaka Kansai service, where it currently operates twice weekly flights on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
In addition, EGYPTAIR is also extending planned service suspension on Cairo – Tokyo Narita route, on/after 27OCT13. It previously planned to resume operation with 3 weekly Boeing 777 service. Reservation for flights on/after 27OCT13 is now closed.
Egypt will switch to summer time by adjusting the clock one hour forward, except during Ramadan
Ahram Online, Wednesday 14 May 2014
Daylight saving time will be re-applied in Egypt starting Friday at 12am, according to an earlier statement by government spokesman Hossam El-Qeish.
Starting Friday 16 May, Egypt will switch to summer time by adjusting the clock one hour forward. The change will be lifted during Ramadan, however.
In April 2011, the cabinet headed by then-prime minister Essam Sharaf endorsed a decree cancelling daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time was first adopted in Egypt in 1988 as a way to reduce electricity consumption. The electricity and energy ministry later submitted a study to the cabinet revealing that implementing daylight saving time had no impact in this regard.
In Egypt, the standard time is GMT (UTC) + 2 and so GMT + 3 during daylight savings time.
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All outgoing flights from Egypt on the country's flagship carrier will be pushed forward an hour to accommodate time change
Ahram Online, Thursday 15 May 2014
Egypt’s official airline EgyptAir announced on Thursday that departing flights will take off an hour later due to daylight saving time.
Starting Friday 16 May, Egypt will switch to summer time by setting clocks one hour forward. The change will be lifted during Ramadan, however.
In April 2011, the cabinet headed by then-prime minister Essam Sharaf endorsed a decree cancelling daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time was first adopted in Egypt in 1988 as a way to reduce electricity consumption. The electricity and energy ministry later submitted a study to the cabinet revealing that the change had no impact in this regard.
In Egypt, the standard time is GMT (UTC) + 2 and so GMT + 3 during daylight saving time.
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Egyptians will put their clocks forward - from 12:00am to 1:00am - on Thursday night, from standard timing GMT (UTC) + 2
Ahram Online, Thursday 15 May 2014
Egyptians will be adjusting their clocks one hour forward at midnight on Thursday, as authorities have decided to re-apply daylight saving time.
In Egypt, the standard time is GMT (UTC) + 2 and so GMT + 3 during daylight savings time.
The change will be lifted during the month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, which falls this year in late June.
The Egyptian cabinet's spokesperson Hossam El-Qweish said earlier in May that Egypt was to re-apply daylight saving time starting this month, after a three-year hiatus.
In April 2011, the cabinet headed by then-prime minister Essam Sharaf endorsed a decree cancelling daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time was first adopted in Egypt in 1988 as a way to reduce electricity consumption. The electricity and energy ministry later submitted a study to the cabinet revealing that the change had no impact in this regard.
Tourists to pay $25 when leaving Egypt from Cairo Airport
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Payment will be for using Cairo's airfield, say authorities, while some tourism officials say the move will further hit the tourism sector
Dalia Farouk, Tuesday 3 Jun 2014
Tourists returning home after a trip in Egypt will now be required to pay a $25 at Cairo International Airport, a tourism ministry official told Ahram Online.
Both Egyptians and foreigners will pay $4 as they leave Cairo on domestic flights.
The decision was issued by the country's aviation ministry, the source said. Accordingly, the exit fee is in payment for services provided to foreign travellers in the capital's airfield.
Some tourism officials have reacted strongly to the decision.
"The decision is unacceptable, particularly with an ailing tourism sector that seeks recovery," Adel Abdel-Razek, a member of Egypt's tourism chambers federation, told Ahram Online.
Egypt's tourism sector, which represents 11 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, has seen several blows since the 2011 January uprising.
However, Adel Zaki, an owner of a travel agency in Egypt, said he agreed with the decision.
"It's time for Egypt to get an appropriate return from visitors, but I think delaying it to be implemented in October will be better," Zaki said.
Visa fees for tourists coming to Egypt were increased last May to $20 – instead of $15.
According to Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, the visa increase is slight and is not expected to affect the flow of tourists to the country as it is still amongst the cheapest worldwide.
The total number of tourists visiting Egypt in the first four months of 2014 reached 2.8 million, a 2.75 percent decline from the same period last year, according to official figures.
Egypt suspends daylight saving time from 27 June until 1 August
Ahram Online, Wednesday 25 Jun 2014
Clocks will go back one hour starting Thursday night at midnight, two days before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The time change will last from 27 June until 1 August.
Ramadan is expected to begin on 29 June, according to the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics.
Daylight saving time was first adopted in Egypt in 1988 as a way to reduce electricity consumption. The energy ministry later submitted a study to the cabinet showing the move had no impact on energy consumption.
In April 2011, the cabinet headed by then prime minister Essam Sharaf endorsed a decree cancelling daylight saving time.
However, Egypt switched back to daylight saving time on 15 May.
Standard time in Egypt is GMT (UTC) + 2 and GMT + 3 during daylight saving time
Egypt's Air Sinai has cancelled its flights to Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport as a result of security concerns, said an EgyptAir official on Tuesday.
The official who chose to remain anonymous told Ahram Online that the Egyptian carrier that operates flights between Cairo and Tel Aviv, has been halting operations since last week, coinciding with other international airlines' move to suspend their flights to Ben Gurion following an incident where a Hamas-fired rocket hit a neighbourhood north of the airport.
Israeli well-known newspaper, Haaretz reported last week that the Egyptian carrier continued its flights to Tel Aviv despite the cancellations of several airlines, which prompted "harsh criticism by Arab web users on social networks".
The European Aviation Safety Agency lifted on Thursday its recommendation to avoid flying to Israel, hours after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rescinded its ban upon receiving security assurances from Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Air Sinai operates two flights per week on Mondays and Thursdays, and it remains unclear whether this week's Thursday flight will take off, AFP reported on Monday.
Air Sinai is one of EgyptAir’s subsidiaries, but it is not listed on the state’s main carrier’s website and the only way for a person to buy a ticket is to visit their office in Cairo’s Shubra district.
Israeli aggression continues on Gaza, with the Palestinian death toll rising 1,100 on Tuesday, most of whom were civilians.
On the Israeli side, 56 people have been killed, most of them soldiers.
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Airport security says those who planted the bombs are being tracked down
Ahram Online , Tuesday 3 Feb 2015
Explosives experts defused two bombs at Cairo Airport on Tuesday, airport security director Alaa Ali told Al-Ahram Arabic news website.
The explosives were planted under cars in the parking lot adjacent to terminal 3 of the airport on the eastern outskirts of Cairo.
Also on Tuesday morning, a bomb went off in downtown Cairo, causing no injuries.
Ali said roads to and from the airport are operating normally and airport security are investigating the incident in efforts to identify the perpetrators, adding that a small explosion heard was due to a water canon used in the dismantling process.
Tens of bombs were dismantled across Egypt during the past month, and several went off. An insurgency against Egyptian security forces mainly in Sinai spiked after the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, but bombs have also been found in and near civilian facilities.
However, victims of militant bombings and shootings have been largely confined to the security forces.
Turbulent weather causes ports to close, expected to persist until Thursday
Ayat Al-Tawy, Wednesday 11 Feb 2015
Cairo's morning sky looked dull yellow on Wednesday as a sand storm kept its grip on the capital for the second day, ushering in the beginning of one of the country's windiest winter months.
Early February marks the start of the Coptic month of Amshir, which falls between February 8 and March 9 of the Gregorian calendar and is infamous for its blustery, sandy storms.
Weather forecasters said the turbulent weather is likely to keep a firm grip until Thursday, with low temperatures and rainfall expected in the capital Cairo, the Nile Delta provinces and north coast.
"Gusty sand- and dust-rattling winds are expected to keep on across most parts of the country, obscuring vision on roads and obstructing navigation," Wahid Saudi, spokesperson for the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)," said.
At least three ports in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea remain closed off on Wednesday for the second day in a row due to the harsh weather, yielding high wind speeds of 75 km per hour and waves up to 5-6 meters high, port officials told state news agency MENA.
Temperatures in Cairo are expected to dip to a low of 7 Celsius (45 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday with a high forecast at 14 C (57 F). The Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Egypt's north coast should see the same low and a high of 13 C (55 F).
Nile Delta and the Suez Canal towns are forecasted to see temperatures at 1-2 C (34 F) higher or lower, while southern cities are likely to see warmer weather where highs hover around 19-22 C. (66-71 F)
Only tourists on organised trips will be exempt from the rule
Ahram Online , Tuesday 17 Mar 2015
Any person wishing to enter Egypt will need to obtain a visa before departure and will not be offered it at the airport upon arrival, Egypt's ministry of foreign affairs announced on Monday.
Individual tourists must obtain visas for tourism purposes from Egypt's diplomatic missions prior to their arrival in Egypt, the statement says.
Organised tourist groups will be the only exception, according to the statement.
The decision will apply from 15 May 2015.
Many nationalities, including Europeans and American, were allowed to obtain an Egyptian visa at the airport upon arrival.
The same decision was taken in September 2011 but the government suspended it after three days due to a public outcry and accusations that it will be a big blow to Egypt’s tourism industry.
"This is an act of state sovereignty,” foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atti told Ahram Online. “Every country has the right to protect its borders."
But the tourism sector has expressed its concern.
"We do not have diplomatic missions in all cities for independent tourists to apply for a visa,” chairman of Egypt's Federation of Tourism Chambers (EFTC) Elhamy El-Zayat told Ahram Online. “Many people, especially frequent travelers, won't like to send their passports away by mail to get visas, because they may need their passport at any time."
El-Zayat discussed the matter with tourism minister Khaled Rami on Monday, he said.
The EFTC chairman suggested that a new system be implemented to allow tourists to apply for visas online, as either groups or individuals.
On arrival visas will still be available for foreign tourists until an electronic visa system is introduced on a yet to be announced date
Ahram Online , Thursday 2 Apr 2015
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Two of Europe's largest airlines have decided to avoid flying over the Sinai peninsula while they wait for clarity on what caused a Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers to crash in the area on Saturday.
German carrier Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have decided to avoid the area for safety reasons, spokeswomen for the carriers said on Saturday.
"We took the decision to avoid the area because the situation and the reasons for the crash were not clear," a Lufthansa spokeswoman said. "We will continue to avoid the area until it is clear what caused the crash."
Lufthansa has less than 10 flights a day that cross the area, she said.
"Air France confirms it has set up, as a precaution, measures to avoid flights over the zone of Sinai," the spokeswoman for the carrier said.
仏トゥールーズ大学(University of Toulouse)のテロリズム専門家、マチュー・ギデール(Mathieu Guidere)氏は、ISの主張は「信用できる」と語る。「犯行声明が掲載されたツイッター(Twitter)アカウントやその他のサイトにはこれまで、偽の情報が掲載されたことはない。また、今回の声明は他のISの声明と同じ形式がとられている」(c)AFP/Rebecca FRASQUET
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EgyptAir is to offer ticket discounts of up to 50 percent for both domestic and international flights between May 23 and August 1.
The promotional offer was announced by Safwat Mesallam, chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company, who said the offer was planned to coincide with the summer vacations.
Messallem said the company currently provides 50 flights per day, 38 international and 12 domestic, on average, with plans to increase capacity to 108 flights.
The announcement of ticket discounts comes on day after the company announced the resumption of its normal flight schedule after industrial action by pilots resulted in severe disruption to flights over a four-day period.
Forty flights were cancelled or delayed when the company's pilots went on strike to demand higher wages.
EgyptAir announced that it had agreed to a 40 percent increase in pilot salaries, along with salary increases for staff in all areas of operations.
Pilots and other staff at EgyptAir have held industrial action several times in recent years, as the national carrier and the aviation industry in general continue to suffer due to political unrest, terrorism and a loss of tourism revenue.
In September 2012, EgyptAir cabin crew went on strike to demand better working conditions. Then in June 2013, EgyptAir pilots went on strike to demand pay raises and more benefits, causing some cancellations. In May of 2015, pilots threatened to resign over company rules that said pilots could fly for up to 14 hours per day, a rule that pilots said was illegal.
EgyptAir is a member of the Star Alliance and services more than 75 desinations in the MENA region, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
The move is aimed at combating an acute shortage of foreign currency
Ahram Online , Thursday 29 Sep 2016
Egypt is stopping the sale of air tickets for routes starting and ending outside the country as of next week, the aviation ministry said on Thursday, in a bid to help ease an acute shortage of foreign currency in recent months.
The new measure comes after "a significant increase from the normal rates of the sales" of such tickets by some local travel agencies that has been noticed recently, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry has made the decision to stop any attempt to make use of the difference between the dollar's official price and that of the black market, but did not elaborate.
Ministry's officials contacted by Ahram Online were not immediately available for comment.
The decision will come in to effect as of 5 October and will continue to be in place for a year.
Egypt is facing an acute dollar shortage that sent its foreign reserves down, with a widening gap between official and black market rates that has increased pressure to devalue the currency.
In recent months, many banks reduced its foreign currency's withdrawal and purchasing limits through cash dealings for local debit and credit cards.
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今回の通貨切り下げに対応して、航空会社はエジプトポンド建ての航空券の価格を順次引き上げるでしょう。そのため、この超格安価格で購入できる期間は短いことも想定されます。
Egypt is postponing a fee hike in tourist entry visas - a decision announced last week - until July, the country’s tourism ministry said on Saturday.
In statements to state news agency MENA, the ministry said the new fee -- which will increase from $25 to $60 -- will be implemented starting 1 July 2017, instead of a planned 1 March date.
The ministry did not provide a reason for the delay, however, sources in the tourism sector told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that the decision to postpone came after the foreign ministry stepped in to deal with complaints from the tourism sector to the cabinet saying the fee hike was too abrupt.
Representatives from the sector reached out to the cabinet last week to ask it to adjust the timeline for the fee hike, in order to maintain agreements with foreign travel operators based on the old rates.
Egypt last increased its visa fee in April 2014, from $15 to $25.
Some in the tourism sector say the decision should have been announced several months beforehand, expressing fears that the move could affect the country's efforts to revive tourism, a pillar of the economy and a key source of foreign currency.
Egypt has struggled to attract tourists scared off by the political turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising which ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
The country’s revenues from tourism dropped to $3.4 billion in 2016 -- a 44.3 percent decline from the previous year -- the Central Bank of Egypt said in January.
The figure is a far cry from the $11 billion in revenues generated by the sector in 2010, when 14.7 million tourists visited the country.
Egyptian authorities will apply a coming American ban on electronic devices in carry-on baggage on flights from Cairo to the US starting on Friday, sources at Cairo airport told Ahram Online.
The US government announced on Tuesday that it would impose the restrictions on flights originating from eight Middle Eastern countries including Egypt, beginning within 96 hours.
Under the new restrictions laptops, tablets, cameras and other devices cannot be transported in hand luggage and must be checked into the hold. Mobile phones are excluded from the ban.
In a statement, Egypt Air said that it would apply the ban on passengers travelling to the US starting from Friday.
Passengers must not "take their laptops, cameras, tablets, e-readers, portable DVD players, electronic games units, travel printers, and scanners on board airplanes, and instead must put them in their luggage, upon the instructions of the American transportation department," read the statement.
A flight from Cairo to New York on Tuesday morning did not apply the new requirements, a source at the airport told Ahram Online, given the grace period of 96 hours to implement the new meaures.
Airport authorities will be responsible for ensuring that airlines are complying with the new regulations.
According to the Associated Press, the ban will apply to nonstop flights to the US from 10 international airports serving the cities of Cairo in Egypt; Amman in Jordan; Kuwait City in Kuwait; Casablanca in Morocco; Doha in Qatar; Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia; Istanbul in Turkey; and Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
An aviation-security expert in the US told the Associated Press that the nature of the security measure suggested that it was driven by intelligence of a possible terrorist attack.
He added that there could be concern about inadequate passenger screening or even conspiracies involving insiders — airport or airline employees — in some countries.
Most major airports in the United States have a computer tomography or CT scanner for checked baggage, which creates a detailed picture of a bag's contents. They can warn an operator of potentially dangerous material, and may provide better security than the X-ray machines used to screen passengers and their carry-on bags. All checked baggage must be screened for explosives.
Egypt has faced increased concern about the security of its airport procedures since the deadly crash of a Russian passenger plane in 2015 which took off from Sharm El-Sheikh airport. Local IS militants claimed to have placed a bomb on board the plane.
Egypt has since implemented a raft of new security procedures and inspection equipment both at Sharm El-Sheikh and other Egyptian airports.
Egypt's cabinet decided on Tuesday to raise the price of multiple entry tourist visas from $35 to $60, while maintaining the old rate of $25 for single entry visas.
Tourism minister Yehia Rashed said in press statements that the cabinet approved the decision following a meeting headed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail.
The minister did not specify when the change would be implemented.
In February, Egyptian officials said the country would introduce new visa hikes for both single and multiple entry visas, from $25 to $60 and $35 to $70, respectively.
Shortly after, however, the cabinet decided to postpone the implementation of the new prices from March till July, without giving a reason for the delay.
However, sources in the tourism sector have said that the price measure was postponed after Egypt's foreign ministry received complaints from the tourism sector saying the fee hike was too sudden and would negatively impact the tourism industry.
Egypt last increased its visa fee in April 2014, from $15 to $25.
Egypt has struggled to attract tourists scared off by the political turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
Tourism took another hit in 2015 after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, leading to the suspension of flights from several European countries, including Russia and the UK.
The country’s tourism revenues dropped to $3.4 billion in 2016 – a 44.3 percent decline from the previous year – the Central Bank of Egypt said in January.
The figure is a far cry from the $11 billion in revenues generated by the sector in 2010, when 14.7 million tourists visited the country.
Egypt will begin its ban on flights to and from Qatar on Tuesday at 6 Cairo local time (0400 GMT), the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry declared on Monday following the decision of the Egyptian government to cut relations with the Gulf State.
The Civil aviation ministry announced that it was going to close off Egyptian airspace to Qatari aircrafts that seek to land or pass through.
The Egyptian airspace will be closed off also to all flights from Qatar, the statement added.
On the other hand, Egypt’s National air carrier EgyptAir announced it would suspend its flights from Cairo to Doha and Doha to Cairo started Tuesday till further notice.
EgyptAir announced that flight No. MS935 headed to Doha from Cairo Monday afternoon and it was expected its return Monday’s evening.
It also added in a short statement that another flight No. MS1937 would head to Doha at 6 PM Cairo Local time “CLT” and would return at 1 AM CLT.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain have closed as well their airspace to Qatari flights as well suspended the flights from and to their neighbor Gulf state following their decision
サウジアラビアとバーレーン、エジプト、アラブ首長国連邦(UAE)の4カ国によるカタールとの外交関係断絶で、最も打撃を受けるのは同国の国営航空会社であるカタール航空となりそうだ。ドバイとアブダビを拠点とする競合会社も影響を免れそうにない。
世界のフライト情報をまとめるOAGワールドワイドによると、カタールと4カ国を結ぶおよそ76便が運休となる公算が大きい。このうち52便をカタール航空が占める。フロスト&サリバンの航空アナリストらの試算では、同航空の売上高の約30%が影響を受けそうだ。
サウジは5日、カタール航空の乗り入れを即日禁止し、領空通過も6日から禁じた。エジプトとバーレーンも領空通過を拒むと表明したが、UAEは引き続き許可することを示唆している。同航空にとって領空通過の禁止はいっそう問題のある事態を招きそうで、遠回りを余儀なくされることでコストが膨らむほか、一部路線は停止せざるを得なくなる可能性がある。
カタール航空はサウジ便の運休を明らかにしたものの、これ以上のコメントは避けた。
原題:Qatar Airways to Be Biggest Victim in Gulf Diplomatic Breakdown(抜粋)
A three-month-old ban on taking electronic devices such as laptops into aircraft cabins on flights from Egypt to the United States will be lifted next week, sources at Cairo International Airport told Reuters on Tuesday.
"The relevant U.S. authorities have decided to lift the ban imposed since last March on passengers taking electronic devices aboard aircraft cabins from Cairo airport on EgyptAir flights headed to New York in the next week," one source said.
A ban on electronic items larger than a mobile phone still applies to flights from Egypt to the United Kingdom
Ahram Online , Wednesday 12 Jul 2017
EgyptAir has announced the lifting of a US-imposed ban on electronics being carried in the cabins of flights from Egypt to the United States, the Egyptan national carrier said in a statement on Wednesday.
However, the airline said a similar ban still applies to flights from Egypt to the United Kingdom.
Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said the measures on flights to the US will be lifted for one year or until another emergency rule is introduced, state-run news agency MENA reported.
On 25 March, US authorities imposed a ban on devices larger than mobile phones being carried on flights from 10 airports in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey.
The measures were introduced by the US Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) to reduce the risk of terrorist bombings. US officials said at the time that the ban would be lifted once these airports – including Cairo – imposed stricter security procedures.
Earlier this month, the USDHS said it would be lifting the electronics ban for some countries that had applied improved security procedures at airports.
On 7 July, US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the US has imposed a number of security measures to all commercial flights heading to the US.
These measures, according to Kelly, include enhanced screening of electronic devices, more thorough passenger vetting, and new measures designed to mitigate the potential threat of insider attacks.
EgyptAir is the only Egyptian airline that flies to the United States, operating flights between Cairo and New York.
With the launch of the newly-released buses equipped with wi-fi and air conditioning amenities, controversy surfaced social media outlets on whether or not the buses will contribute effectively to transportation services in Egypt’s capital.
The buses, which also feature electronic ticket service, were launched recently by the state-run bus company that cooperated with privately–run bus company ‘Mwaslat Masr’ (translation: Egypt’s Transportation).
Seventy percent of Mwaslat Masr’s shares are owned by the UAE-based Emirati National Group, which helped launch the buses as part of a public transportation project that includes launching 100 mini buses and 80 larger buses in Egypt.
The launch started with a preliminary trial phase that is expected to be complete in July 2018.
The new well-equipped buses cover 18 transportation stations and travel over three lines in different parts of Cairo, according to a statement issued by Mwaslar Masr.
The first line goes from Shoubra to Cairo International Airport.
The second line extends from the al-Mazlat suburb to the airport, while the third goes from the airport to Embaba, according to the statement.
Tickets are priced at LE5, which some consider fair given the step up from governmental buses, however, others in local districts find the fare expensive and unjustified.
Egypt Independent visited two of the stations where the buses are based to obtain feedback on the new service.
Despite the fact that the state-run media outlets announced the new buses have been placed at Abdel Moneim Rayed station in Tahrir Square, the head of the station — who preferred to remain anonymous — told Egypt Independent on Wednesday that the buses have not been sent to their station yet.
However, at Dawran Shoubra station, the new mini-buses were available.
This line starts its trip from Shubra and passes through several stops including Ramsis, Nasr City, Masaken Sheraton, and eventually arrives at Cairo International Airport.
The prices of tickets for public buses in Cairo increased on Friday by 50 piastres, state news agency MENA reported.
One-pound tickets will now be sold for EGP 1.5, while EGP 2 tickets will increase to EGP 2.5.
The hike in prices will allow the Cairo Public Transport Authority to develop and enhance its services, especially following the increase in fuel prices, the head of the authority, Rizk Ali, told MENA.
Egypt’s cabinet announced a cut in energy subsidies in June, with the price of 80-octane gasoline increasing from EGP 2.35 per litre to EGP 3.65, and the price of 92-octane gasoline increasing from EGP 3.50 to EGP 5.
In March, the price of a standard metro-ticket doubled from EGP 1 to EGP 2.
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British authorities have lifted a ban on carry-on electronic devices on planes arriving from Cairo airport, Egypt's Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Friday.
The United States and Britain in March imposed restrictions banning electronic devices from being carried on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Authorities lifted the ban “after confirming that security procedures on Egypt's flights meet the requirements of the British Transportation Security Administration,” the ministry said in a statement.
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Egypt’s flagship airline EgyptAir ran it's first flight from Cairo to Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, following a four-year suspension, the airline said in a statement.
In an official statement, the airline's chairman Safwat Mosalam said its first flight was originally intended to depart on Saturday but was postponed to Sunday due to bad weather conditions at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.
Mosalam said the airliner is set to return from Tokyo on Tuesday with 253 passengers on board, demonstrating the route's popularity.
EgyptAir will run direct flights to Tokyo every Saturday evening, with flights set to increase if there is demand.
Weekly EgyptAir flights to Tokyo and Osaka were suspended in 2012 following a decline in the number of Japanese tourists visiting Egypt. Flights were briefly resumed before being suspended again in 2013.
Egypt has been seeking to attract more tourists from Asian markets following an October 2015 plane disaster in Egypt that resulted in the suspension of Russian tourist flights.
The Russian plane crashed over Sinai shortly after departing Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. Prior to the incident, Russian tourists had represented the biggest single group of foreign visitors to Egypt.
In November 2016, EgyptAir resumed direct flights between Tokyo and its popular tourist hub Luxor, aiming to "revive tourism to [Luxor], which is considered one of the most important touristic destinations in Upper Egypt,” according to EgyptAir.
Egypt's new Sphinx International Airport to start receiving flights in summer 2018: Minister
Sherif Fathy, the civil aviation minister, has said the new airport will serve tourists aiming to stop in the country to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Great Pyramids of Giza
Ahram Online , Saturday 28 Oct 2017
Egypt's new Sphinx International Airport (SPX) on the outskirts of the capital Cairo is set to start service next summer, civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy announced on Saturday.
Fathy said the airport, which has been built west of Cairo on the 45th km on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road in Giza governorate, is set to receive flights next summer season.
At a cost of EGP 300 million, SPX is being constructed by the Egyptian Consultancy Company to reduce pressure on Cairo International Airport, which is located on the eastern outskirts of the capital.
The new airport has been dubbed as the “300 passengers airport” due to its accommodation capacity per hour.
In previous press statements, Fathy said that the airport has “strategic goals,” with a plan for expanding to cargo services in the future.
Fathy has said that the airport will serve tourists aiming to stop in the country to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
The GEM is set for a soft opening in the spring of 2018.
The ministry is building another airport, Katameya International Airport, north of Cairo to serve visitors heading to New Cairo and the under-construction new administrative capital.
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Sunday in Cairo the annual Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Conference, where Egypt’s new e-Visa service was launched.
The online e-Visa system will serve visitors looking to travel to Egypt from any of 43 countries, including the United States, Canada, the UK, France and Cyprus.
The eVisa is an electronic travel authorisation that is stored electronically and is linked to a passport number. Applications for the e-Visa are done online.
El-Sisi also inaugurated through video conference the new technological zones in Beni Suef, Menoufiya and Assiut governorates.
During the inauguration, telecommunication and information technology minister Yasser El-Kady presented to President El-Sisi the first Egyptian-made mobile phone as a gift.
Manufactured in the technological zone in New Assuit City, the Sico Smartphone is the first mobile phone to be manufactured in Egypt, with 58 percent of its components manufactured locally, according to Minister El-Kady.
The Android Smartphone is manufactured by Sico Technology, which is a subsidiary of El-Siyad Salem Group.
The company is set to launch eight models of the Smartphone locally as well as in African and Arab markets.
The ICT conference, which has been held annually for the past 20 years, is Egypt's largest conference for information technology.
According to its organisers, at least 500 Arab and international companies in the IT field have participated in the conference, attracting millions of visitors throughout the years.
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Cairo International Airport increased parking fees on Monday by 100 percent.
The Cairo Port Authority, which manages the entrance gates at Cairo airport's parking lots, said that different rates will be applied according to the category of vehicles.
Parking fees for taxis and privately owned cars have been set at EGP 20 for the first three hours and EGP 10 for each subsequent hour. Parking fees for a full day have been set at EGP 100.
For microbuses and pickup trucks, fees have been set at EGP 30 for the first three hours and EGP 15 for each subsequent hour, while buses and transport vehicles will be charged EGP 30 for the first three hours and EGP 20 for each subsequent hour.
Trucks and the semi-trailers will pay EGP 60 the first three hours and EGP 30 for each subsequent hour.
The increase does not apply to airport employees and workers with affiliated companies, the port authority said.
In 2016, parking fees at Cairo airport witnessed their first increase in nine years from EGP 5 to 10.
The port authority said that the new increase is due to renovations, maintenance and services newly installed at airport gates, which cost around EGP 60 million.
Korean Air flight lands in Cairo for first time in seven years after suspension lifted
Ahram Online , Saturday 12 Jan 2019
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A Korean Air flight arrived at Cairo International Airport from Seoul on Saturday for the first time in seven years, state-run MENA agency reported.
Representatives from the tourism ministry and the Egyptian tourism authority received 209 tourists from Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, welcoming them with roses and souvenirs.
South Korea’s flagship airline suspended flights in 2012 due to Egypt’s political unrest.
The trip is one of six charter flights from Seoul scheduled for January and February.
The new Sphinx International Airport (SPX) in western Cairo saw its first regular domestic flight as part of a trial operation of the airport, which is the part of the government's plan to stimulate tourism to the country.
The Minister of Civil Aviation Younes El-Masry and thr Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat attended the ceremony to launch the flight from Sphinx to the popular South Sinai resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
The airport aims to alleviate pressure on Cairo International Airport, which is located in eastern Cairo, and serve the Greater Cairo districts of 6 October and Sheikh Zayed, as well as the governorates of Fayoum and Beni Suef.
It also aims to serve tourists coming to visit the pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is set to open in 2020, according to a statement issued by the ministry.
Construction work on the new airport started in 2017 by the Egyptian Consultancy Company with a budget of EGP 300 million.
Saturday’s flight was one of 30 flights scheduled to run by state airliner EgyptAir from 25 January to 9 February from Sphinx to the domestic airports of Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, and Aswan
During his tour of the new airport, El-Masry said that 2019 will witness a breakthrough in the civil aviation industry through the construction of new airports in the New Administrative Capital, which is located 45 kilometres east of Cairo, and the resort town of Berenice in Marsa Allam’s on the Red Sea in South in south Egypt.
The SPX has been dubbed the “300 passenger airport” per its accommodation capacity per hour.
The airport has a 975 square metre departure hall and a 1,100 square metre arrival hall. It also has a VIP hall.
The new airport is equipped with state-of-the-art technology in air traffic control and automatic landing systems and security systems such as x-ray explosive detectors and high end CCTV and thermal surveillance cameras.
Ministry officials added that EgyptAir has also opened duty-free shops in both the arrival and departure halls ahead of today's launch
Ahram Online , Tuesday 9 Jul 2019
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CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - EgyptAir urged on Wednesday all clients to be at the airport three hours ahead of their flights after heavy rains hit Egypt, causing traffic mayhem, power outage and school closure.
To avoid delays in flights, the national carrier urged the passengers to be at the airport early as more heavy rains are expected to pour all over Cairo today.
エジプト政府によると、国内において、3月16日時点では166人の感染が判明している(うち外国人70人以上、死者4人)。なお、英紙「ガーディアン」や米紙「New York Times」によると、これまでに少なくとも97人の世界各国からのエジプト渡航者は本国へ帰国後に新型コロナウイルスを発症しており、エジプト政府公式の感染数よりも実際のエジプト国内での感染数は多く、数千人から数万人との推測を述べている。一方で、両メディアに対しエジプト政府は、実際の数値を公表していると主張している。感染状況や出入国制限は日々流動的なため、エジプトでの渡航やビジネスにあたっては、在エジプト日本国大使館が公表している「エジプトにおける新型コロナウイルス関連情報」外部サイトへ、新しいウィンドウで開きますなどで最新情報を確認する必要がある。
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