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Thursday, April 25, 2024 5:11 GMT
Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir has offered until before the 15 September 2020 discounts on flights for a number of destinations to encourage air travel, local daily Ahram Online reported.The airline is giving a 10% discount on business class tickets and 35% on economy class seats for flights bound to Paris until the 10 October 2020. For flights to Vienna, passengers heading to the city until the 20 December 2020 can buy their tickets at a 25% discount. Those bound for Cyprus until the 15 December 2020 meanwhile can avail of flights at 20% less than advertised rates.Egypt resumed its international flights to and from the country on the 1 July 2020 after halting its operations for three months due to the coronavirus outbreak. Foreign tourists are only allowed to enter three coastal Egyptian provinces – South Sinai, Red Sea and Matrouh. Civil aviation minister Mohamed Manar said EgyptAir has lost more than US$3 billion and airports reported zero income due to the flight suspensions.