Flight
The first group of Chinese tourists arrived in Cairo on Friday after a three-year hiatus caused by COVID-19.
Syrian Air made the announcement Wednesday.
The diplomat noted that those will be flown back on the jets that will transport Ukrainian tourists from Egyptian resort towns to those same countries free of charge.
The first of which is that the number of flights between Cairo and the resort town will be raised.
EgyptAir jet A220-300 had to return to Cairo International Airport 22 minutes after the take-off Wednesday.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli discussed with Brazilian Ambassador to Cairo Antonio Patriota Wednesday launching a direct flight between the Egyptian and Brazilian capitals.
There were 124 passengers on board.
The company is operating two weekly flights to Hurghada International Airport.
The Quarantine authorities at Cairo International Airport barred a family coming from a Riyadh from entry, as did not submit a PCR test of their children.
Authorities at Cairo International Airport will start suspending flights to Saudi Arabia as of Wednesday night, in accordance with a recent decision by Saudi Arabia.
The process will take place for a week as that should be the last visit of its kind within a series of negotiations to resume direct Russian flights to the resort town.
The jets operated are Airbus A320Neo, Airbus A220-300, and Boeing B737-800.
Both officials discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation in the fields of air transport.
Hurghada International Airport received the first flight of the Swiss Company Chair airline, GM3506 Airbus A319, coming from Zurich, Switzerland.
International flights were suspended in March but resumed in July.
The ministers also discussed the status of Egyptian and Kuwaiti expats in both states.
Cairo International Airport received the seventh A320neo Airbus carrying the letters SU-GFP coming from Toulouse in France to join the fleet of the state-owned flag carrier EgyptAir.
A flight repatriating 174 Egyptian expats stranded in Qatar landed in Cairo Sunday from Oman, where they were transiting.
Roshdy said in a phone-in that the company was ready to carry home more citizens if requested.
Those were stuck in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Italy and Qatar.
