Al-Ahram Weekly Online   7 - 13 May 2009
Issue No. 946
Sky High
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

EgyptAir summer schedule


Europe

Paris : Cairo-Paris increased from 7 to 9 weekly flights.

Istanbul : Cairo-Istanbul increased from 9 to 14 weekly flights.

Barcelona : Cairo-Barcelona increases from 3 to 4 weekly flights from 22 August.

Lisbon : Cairo-Lisbon increases from 2 to 3 weekly flights from 24 August. The flight is code shared with TAP Portugal offering onward connections to South America.

Moscow : Cairo-Moscow increases from 5 to 7 weekly flights from 3 June.

Milan : Cairo-Milan increases from 7 to 10 weekly flights from 18 July.

Rome : Cairo-Rome increases from 7 to 10 weekly flights from 18 July.

Africa

Tripoli : Cairo-Tripoli increased from 10 to 14 weekly flights. EgyptAir Express launched 2 weekly flights to Alexandria-Tripoli. Soon this will be increased to 4x weekly by 29 May.

Benghazi : EgyptAir Express launched the route Alexandria-Benghazi with 3 weekly flights.

Tunis : Cairo-Tunis flights have been upgraded from the B737-500 to the larger, more modern B737-800.

Algiers : Cairo-Algiers increased from 5 to 6 weekly flights.

Casablanca : Cairo-Casablanca increased from 5 to 6 weekly flights.

Accra : Cairo-Accra reduced from 5 to 4 weekly flights.

Lagos : Cairo-Lagos reduced from 5 to 4 weekly flights.

Asmara : Cairo-Asmara increases from 3 to 4 weekly flights from 4 June.

Dar Es-Salam : EgyptAir launches new 4 weekly flights between Cairo and Dar Es-Salam (Tanzania) from 2 June.

Middle East & Gulf

Amman : Cairo-Amman increased from 12 to 14 weekly flights.

Beirut : The summer-only EgyptAir Express Alexandria-Beirut service (2 weekly flights), operates between 1 June and 28 September.

Jeddah : The summer-only EgyptAir Express Sharm El Sheikh-Jeddah service (2 weekly flights), increases to 5 weekly from 12 July to 2 October.

Medinah : Cairo-Medinah increased from 10 to 14 weekly (2 daily) flights. Alexandria-Medinah increased from 2 to 3 weekly flights.

Kuwait : Cairo-Kuwait increases from 10 to 21 weekly flights from 11 June to 21 September.

Dubai : Alexandria-Dubai increases from 2 to 4 weekly flights from 28 May.

Abu Dhabi: Cairo-Abu Dhabi increases from 7 to 9 weekly flights from 04 June.

Bahrain : Cairo-Bahrain increases from 3 to 4 weekly flights from 3 June.

Sanaa : Cairo-Sanaa flights upgraded from the A320 to the larger, more modern B737-800.

Asia

Beijing : EgyptAir started 3 weekly non-stop flights from Cairo to Beijing.

Guangzhou : Cairo-Guangzhou increased from 3 to 4 weekly flights. All flights are operated via Bangkok.

North America

Montreal : The summer-only Cairo-Montreal service (2 weekly), operates between 02 June and 29 September.

Compiled by: Ahmed Ali

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