As part of the development plan At the end of June, Egypt's national airline Egyptair announced that it would be offering free transit visas for its "Vision 2030" flights to Egypt.. The measure, announced by Mohamed Abbas Helmy, Minister of Civil Aviation, should help revitalise tourism. This facility offers visitors the possibility of staying in the country between 8 and 96 hours.
Visas can be obtained on arrival at Cairo international airport.. Passengers must go to the Egyptair transit desk at the airport. After filling in a form with their details, they will receive a free visa.
What's more, the company continues to strengthen its international network. From 15 July, Egyptair to offer five weekly flights between Cairo and Manchester. The aircraft brought into service is a Boeing 737-800 configured for a total of 154 passengers. The airline is also launching on 1 August four weekly flights to Delhi. Flights operated on an Airbus A320neo leave Cairo on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
