EgyptAir Launches Alexandria – Dubai Connection

Posted 27/06/2011

EgyptAir has inaugurated a daily connection to Dubai from the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria, supplementing its existing flights into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the country’s capital Cairo.  The airline has a double daily service to Dubai, ten flights per week to Abu Dhabi and a daily rotation to Sharjah and accounts for 40.3 per cent of the 1.34 million O&D passengers that travel between Egypt and UAE every year.

The new flight will launched on June 20 and is being flown by an Airbus A320.  While a large number of airlines have now transferred their operations in Alexandria to Borg el Arab Airport, EgyptAir continues to fly from El Nozha, currently offering domestic links to Cairo, Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh, alongside international services to Beirut, Dammam, Jeddah, Kuwait, Madinah and Riyadh.

An estimated 332,000 O&D passengers travelled between the two Alexandria airports and UAE in the past year.  Flydubai currently offers a twice daily service from Borg el Arab to Dubai, while Air Arabia Egypt has five flights per week to Abu Dhabi and Etihad Airways four.  Air Arabia also offers up to three flights per day from El Nozha to its Sharjah hub.

“EgyptAir considers the UAE as one of the most important markets in the Middle East; also Dubai embraces a great number of expatriate Egyptians,” said Ashraf Hassan, Dubai District Manager, EgyptAir.  “On the other hand, Alexandria is one of the major touristic and travel places in Egypt and as well being a fertile market for Arab and Foreign investments.”

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MS903 ALY0755 – 1350DXB 320 D
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