Egypt

The market between the capitals of Egypt and Sweden was last served nonstop eight years ago.

The counties have been without a nonstop connection for more than six years.

The Saudi Arabian LCC has added a third international destination to its growing network as it gears up to increase its fleet by 80% this year.

New international services will strengthen traffic volumes at the Moscow hub.

Luxor and Medina are returning after a four-year hiatus, while Sharm El-Sheikh is a new addition for the carrier.

Eleven new routes to destinations in Egypt and the UAE will join the carrier’s network in November.

Russian airlines are adding routes to Egypt’s Red Sea resorts following the ending of a six-year flight ban.

The route will become the sole nonstop service between the countries.

The LCC hopes to capitalize on demand for warm-weather vacations.

SWISS is adding the route as it transitions to offering more leisure services.

Air Canada is targeting VFR traffic on its new route to North Africa.

Egyptair has joined the Czech Republic to Egypt market with more negotiations taking place.

The agreement covers flights between the capital cities of Oman and Egypt, as well as onward domestic and international destinations.

Less than a week after announcing plans to serve Tel Aviv, the ULCC is planning further network growth.

The Egyptian port city will join the start-up carrier’s network later this month.

Canada’s flag-carrier intends to begin serving India’s capital from Montreal in April, ahead of launching a seasonal route between the Canadian city and Cairo.

Cairo and Alexandria are being restored to the airline’s route map.

As Egypt opens its airspace to Qatari flights, Routes looks at the top airports, airlines and routes in the North African country this week.

Scheduled flights have resumed today following the detente reached last week.

Condor’s flights from Leipzig/Halle to the popular Egyptian vacation destination are set to resume having been suspended since last March.

The restoration of diplomatic relations between Qatar and four Arab states looks set to have big implications for oneworld alliance member Qatar Airways.

The airline will use an A330-300 on the CAI-JNB route.

The two carriers have agreed a codeshare deal less than four months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation.

Restrictions on flights between the UK and Sharm el-Sheikh have been lifted after almost four years, paving the way for airlines to relaunch routes to the Egyptian holiday resort.

Russian carriers are set to resume commercial operations to Egypt after a two-year hiatus, with the first flights scheduled for February.