Hurghada
CAIRO – 28 February 2020: According to the directives of Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities and Civil Aviation decided to extend the initiative to support domestic tourism in Egypt until May15.
Egypt’s aviation authority agreed to Russia's Nordwind Airlines to operate four direct flights a week to Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada, starting next March 28.
The Red Sea Ports Authority said maritime activities and navigation in the two ports have resumed
Egypt’s Ambassador to Berlin Khaled Galal said that the number of tourist flights coming from Germany to Hurghada will increase in March.
Chairman of Libya's High National Election Commission, Emad al-Sayeh, confirmed the commission's readiness to hold the referendum on the Libyan constitution.
The meetings, which will conclude on February 11, are chaired by Chairman of Libya's High National Election Commission Emad al-Sayeh.
UNSMIL praised, Wednesday the Constitutional Committee agreement, that was reached during meetings held in Egypt’s Hurghada aiming at reaching a solution for solving the Libyan crises.
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.
EgyptAir announced a 20 percent discount on all its tickets of international flights leaving or coming to Egypt, on the occasion of holding the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt on January 13-31.
The jets operated are Airbus A320Neo, Airbus A220-300, and Boeing B737-800.
Hurghada International Airport received on Sunday the first tourist flight from Switzerlan aboard the Swiss International Air Lines.
Additional flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada and other tourist destinations in Egypt have been arranged due to high demand, Rushdi Zakaria, chairman of the holding company for EgyptAir said Sunday.
He added that the occupancy rates of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada hotels are currently 20 percent of the 50 percent designated by the government.
In light of the resumption of cultural tourism in Egypt, starting from the beginning of the previous September, a number of tourist groups from France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ukraine and Belarus flocked to Luxor from Hurghada as part of the "one-day" trips.
Earlier in the day, Hurghada airport received three flights by Easy Jet, Fly Egypt, and Air Cairo, transferring 423 tourists coming from Geneva, Paris, and Prague.
It expected that the face-to-face meetings will be mainstreamed into the 5+5 Joint Military Commission.
During a Saturday visit to Upper Egypt’s Luxor and the Red Sea’s Hurghada, Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany said Egypt gives tourists the opportunity to see into Pharaonic history and enjoy the beach in one day.
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mustafa Waziri said that these groups include tourists from Ukraine and France, who arrived in Hurghada on Aug. 31 to spend their vacation on the picturesque beaches of Egypt.
Egypt’s Min. of Tourism & Antiquities Khaled el-Anani and Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization, began their tour on Aug. 23 in Hurghada by visiting Hurghada Museum.
Pololikashvili’s visit came at Anani’s invitation.
