Ships of the desert

Alkan Air makes much of its living from high-end tourism and other leisure travel in Egypt, writes Brendan Gallagher. But now the Cairo-based air taxi operator also has its sights set on new, business-oriented opportunities. For millennia the oasis represented precious water and shade, a life-saving...

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