8 exceptional flights to bring home stranded Egyptians until May 8

CAIRO – 4 May 2020: Egyptian authorities are operating eight flights on May 5-8 to bring back Egyptians stuck in seven countries dispersed over three continents.

EgyptAir and Air Cairo will operate on May 5 exceptional flights to bring home stranded Egyptians from Washington, Baghdad, and Tanzania-Sudan.

Egyptians stuck in India will return to Egypt on May 6, while the following day, others will arrive from Chad and Ghana.

Two exceptional flights will carry 300 stranded Egyptians from Istanbul to Egypt on May 8. Repatriated citizens land in Marsa Alam, which is a resort town lying on the Red Sea coast, where they are quarantined for 14 days.

International aviation has been suspended in Egypt since March 19, and dozens of exceptional flights have been operated to bring home thousands of stranded Egyptians.