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Continued negotiations with Egypt to restore flights: British Ambassador
UK and Russia recently sent delegations to review security in Egyptian airports

Emirates Airlines adds 3 additional weekly flights to Egypt
Emirates Airlines will be offering three additional regular flights weekly between Dubai and Cairo starting on 1 January 2016. The new weekly flights will offer 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class, and 183 in Economy Class. The additional flight, EK926, will depart Cairo on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturday at 00:35 and arrive …

Tourism sector awaits ‘mercy of the sky’: Federation chairman
$6bn tourism revenues for 2015, down $1.5bn on 2014

Tourism Minister discusses British-Egyptian joint plan to resume flights
Egypt and the UK finalised the plan on Monday, says UK ambassador

Russia bans charter flights to Turkey
There will be no food shortage after restrictions on relations with Turkey, says Russian Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Civil Aviation confirms suspension of EgyptAir flights to Moscow
Decision is reaction to Russiaâs suspension of flights without reason, says ministry spokesperson

Travel agencies offer attractive pricings for safari trips during Christmas season
Operators disappointed by disappearance of âguestsâ and assure tourists that Sharm El-Sheikh is safe

Police officers guard deserted Sharm El-Sheikh
The officer said shops open around 12 pm, and around 1 pm the shops were open but there was no one to serve.

Hotels lower their prices to cope with crisis
A 25% discount rate is expected to last until February

Workers in Sharm El-Sheikh have no faith in elections
South Sinai is among governorates of 2nd phase of parliamentary elections that will take place on 22-23 November
In Pictures: Sharm El-Sheikh abandoned
Crowded streets were filled with foreign and Egyptians tourists and investors with taxis and busses packed. Loud lively music echoed at the Naama Bay strip. Hotel occupancy rates were at their highest and restaurants were fully booked. That was the scene eight months ago during the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. Now, the …

Ghost Old Market: Salespeople haunted by memories of tourists
âBefore the plane incident, we at least had money to buy our needs, now we donât,â they say

Tourism now worse than January 2011: Sharm El-Sheikh taxi driver
Before the Russian plane incident each driver made at least EGP 700 per day, now we barely make EGP 150, driver says

Russians in Sharm El-Sheikh: Between leaving for safety and staying for living
Egyptians head to the city to improve tourism

Fears stoked as Sharm El-Sheikh flights suspended
All scenarios are possible, too early to detect, says Civil Aviation Ministry

UK suspends Sinai flights amid fears ‘explosive device’ downed Russian jet
The office of British Prime Minister Cameron has said an “explosive device” may have caused the Metrojet crash in Egypt. Egyptian authorities had earlier released information about the black boxes. A statement from Downing Street, the office of British Prime Minister David Cameron, on Wednesday said the Metrojet Airbus A321 that crashed in Egypt over …

Tax increase of flight tickets to bring in EGP 600m: Tax Authority head
Current taxes collected from flight tickets amount to EGP 270m
Germania and FTI to launch 4 direct weekly flights between Germany and Luxor
Efforts exerted abroad to promote Egyptian tourism, maintain incentives for charter flights to Luxor and Aswan international airports

Private Airlines expand aircraft numbers, launch new flights
Regarding promoting tourism, the private sector is a huge supporter of tourism, and most companies have flight lines between Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, and many European Countries such as Poland, Germany and Italy.

More Egyptians return from Libya, Yemen
25 Egyptians returned from Yemen, 189 from Libya on Sunday

Egyptians exempted from fees to cross into Tunisia
Measure comes after Egyptâs foreign ministerâs visit to Tunisia-Libya border area where Egyptians have been stuck for days

EgyptAir aims to increase credit card use for bookings: EgyptAir E-Commerce Director
Company expands website and mobile apps to simplify online bookings for customers

Flynas launches air route from Jeddah to Cairo: Deputy CEO
New route aims to increase the number of passengers travelling to and from Egypt in near future

Flights to Egypt unaffected by violence
âWe are in the season of Umrah [a high travel season] and we are functioning properly,â

Tourism in the news: Egypt Air set to cancel two weekly flights to New York beginning next month
Flights would be cancelled until the demand for flights picks up

Tourism in the news: Emirates campaigns for Dubai to host 2020 Expo
Egyptâs economy relies heavily on its tourism sector that has been struggling to survive since the uprising of 25 January and subsequent events in the country. Once a month DNE rounds up the most significant news relating to tourism to give you an overview of the efforts that are being made to bring tourists back to the country.

Tourism in the news: EgyptAir signs cooperation agreement with Palestinian Airways
Egyptâs economy relies heavily on its tourism sector that has been struggling to survive since the uprising of 25 January and subsequent events in the country. Once a month DNE rounds up the most significant news relating to tourism to give you an overview of the efforts that are being made to bring tourists back to the country.

Tourism in the news: Aviation minister conducts discussions with presidents of several companies
Egyptâs economy relies heavily on its tourism sector that has been struggling to survive since the uprising of 25 January and subsequent events in the country. Once a month DNE rounds up the most significant news relating to tourism to give you an overview of the efforts that are being made to bring tourists back to the country.
Tourism in the news: Egyptian company Al-General looks to spur investment in Sudan
Egyptâs economy relies heavily on its tourism sector that has been struggling to survive since the uprising of 25 January and subsequent events in the country. Once a month DNE rounds up the most significant news relating to tourism to give you an overview of the efforts that are being made to bring tourists back to the country.

Flights to Toronto to begin this year
Egypt Air to begin flights to Toronto this month