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
エジプト航空 MS 大雨の影響でフライトの三時間前には空港に来いや、とのこと。 ht
tps://www.egypttoday.com/Article/9/76118/EgyptAir-urges-passengers-to-arrive-at-airport-3-hours-prior
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。
First Qatar-Egypt flight since 2017 takes off from Doha ht
tps://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2021/01/18/First-Qatar-Egypt-flight-since-2017-takes-off-from-Doha
