EgyptAir Increases Capacity to Libya

EgyptAir will introduce a revised schedule to Libya this week almost doubling its existing capacity into the country. The North African airline currently operates eleven flights per week but will increase capacity to Tripoli to a double daily schedule from December 7 and up flights to Benghazi to a daily basis from December 8. The airline says the schedule change is in response to customer demand which has increased since a level of political stability returned to the country.

“We expected the increase in operation after the decree of resuming flights to Libya last November, this is in addition to the increase in load factor on these routes, the matter which pushed us to increase the flights as a support to the links between Egypt and Libya,” said In this regard, Eng Hussein Massoud, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, EgyptAir Holdings.

An estimated 259,000 O&D passengers travelled between Egypt and Libya last year, a figure that has declined by around 40 per cent in the past 12 months due to the political issues in each country. Around 148,000 passengers travelled between Cairo and Tripoli (down 45 per cent) and 31,000 between Cairo and Benghazi (also down 45 per cent) during the same period.