Chairman of Egypt Air Holding Roshdi
Zakaria stated that the airline operated 425 exceptional flights to repatriate
around 77,000 passengers, who got stuck abroad due to COVID-19 outbreak and the
suspension of international passenger flights as a protective measure.
Egypt Air announced on Wednesday the schedules of its international flights
after the State’s decision to resume the aviation movement as of July 1.
Egypt’s national carrier said on its website that its flight schedules from
July 1 to 7 will include the destinations of Sharqa, Abu Dhabi, Athens, Addis
Ababa, Iraq’s Erbil, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Beirut,
Toronto, Juba, Dubai, Rome, Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Milan, Munich, New York
and Washington, "The flights' destinations from July 8 to 14 will include
Baghdad, Guangzhou, Geneva and Copenhagen," it added. Egypt Air noted that
flights' destinations as of July 15 would cover Barcelona, Dar Essalam and
Madrid.
The Egyptian national carrier asked its customers who booked any of the
international flights before June 15 to confirm their reservations on the
scheduled international flights that will operate from July 1 to mid-September.
The EgyptAir chairman pointed out that passengers whose temperature surpasses
38 are not allowed to board, and that all protective measures are taken.