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The number of flights in Egypt increased by about 29 percent during the first six months of 2023, aggregating 191,000 flights, compared to 148,000 flights in the same period of 2022.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the number of passengers increased by about 43.5 percent to a total of 23.2 million passengers during the first half of 2023, compared to 16.15 million passengers in the same period of 2022.
Minister of Civil Aviation, Mohamed Abbas Helmy, stated that several new routes are expected to be opened for EgyptAir in the coming period including to the Indian capital, New Delhi, which is scheduled to start in August, with four flights per week.
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In September, EgyptAir will begin operating two weekly flights to both the city of “Misrata” in Libya and “Tokyo” in Japan, in addition to the recently launched routes such as “Dhaka” in Bangladesh and “Manchester” in the United Kingdom. EgyptAir achieved an increase in passenger numbers in June 2023, reaching 12 percent on an annual basis. It has reached an aircraft occupancy rate of 77 percent.
