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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South Korean tourists received by Egyptian officials following their arrival in Cairo International Airport (Photo Courtesy of MENA)
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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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