Egypt could become the top destination for Russian tourists this winter season. Moreover, the number of Russians tourists from August to the end of the year can reach half a million. That is a very good indicator for a start. This optimistic forecast was published in the Egyptian media by Dr. Atef…

The tour operator Intourist has put up for sale package tours on S7 airline’s flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh from Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Samara and Ufa. Nowadays, tours for 7 and 14 nights are available for bookings.

Tourists can also fly with Intourist to Egyptian resorts from the…

From September 24, direct regular flights from Moscow to Egyptian resorts will be launched by the AlMasria airline. The planes will depart from Domodedovo airport to Sharm el-Sheikh on Fridays and Saturdays, and to Hurghada on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Inna Beltyukova, chairman of the board…

The first direct flight from Moscow to Hurghada by the order of the tour operator will take place on September 15, and to Sharm el-Sheikh - on September 17. In addition to Moscow, direct flights will fly from three major regional centers. Also, the tour operator has arranged flights to Egypt from…

Rossiya Airlines is launching flight programs from Russian cities to Egyptian resorts. The flights will be operated in cooperation with the tour operator Biblio-Globus. Information about this is published on the official website of the carrier.

In particular, flights to the Egyptian Red…

On August 26, a meeting was held in the Federal Air Transport Agency on transportation to the resorts of Egypt. Airlines received the right to operate direct flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh from 41 cities in Russia. We are talking only about regular, not charter flights.

As per the…

As per the airline’s press department, Rossiya aims to obtain permission to operate more flights from Moscow to the Egyptian resort cities of Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh, increasing the number of flights to fourteen each week.

“Rossiya Airline will apply for permission to fly from Moscow…

From August 21, the tour operator Tui Russia is expanding its flight program to Egypt. The frequency of arrival will be increased from seven to ten per week. Namely, it is planned 5 arrivals to the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and 5 to Hurghada. The tour operator's flight program is based on the regular…

According to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia to Russia, Mr. Tarak bin Salem, by now the diplomatic and aviation departments of Russia and Tunisia have come to an agreement on the need to restore air communication between the two countries on a reciprocal basis.

This,…

The number of flights from Russia to Egypt’s resorts may be boosted by increasing Moscow’s limit as well as introducing flights from Russian areas.

According to Yuri Barzukin, vice leader of the Russian Union of the Travel Industry, charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh may return…

Thanks to Rossiya airline, the tour operator Biblio-Globus announced the programs and prices for tours to Egypt. According to the company, flights from Moscow will be operated 5 times a week to Hurghada (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and 5 times a week to Sharm El Sheikh (Monday, Wednesday,…

On July 23, the Coronavirus Operational Headquarters announced the opening of new routes. Flights to Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Moldova, as well as to Egyptian resorts (but so far only from Moscow) are opened.

Following the meeting of the Headquarters, a decision was made to resume…

Tour operators are likely to launch charter programs to Egypt in full volume in autumn, when the country's high tourist season begins, the press service of the Intourist tour operator said.

The company stressed that while there is no clarity with charters, it is impossible to talk about…

On July 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin canceled decree banning charter flights to Egyptian resorts. Tour operators can again arrange and sell tours with direct flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh.

Egypt is counting on the return of tourism from Russia in the very near future in…

The management of Aeroflot is confident that in the next few days a decision will be made to lift restrictions on charter flights to airports of Egyptian resorts.

The general director of the national carrier Mikhail Poluboyarinov told reporters about this. “It is rather difficult to replace…

Changes were made to the decision of the Operational Headquarters to open new destinations for international flights. So, the tourist Casablanca became the point of arrival in Morocco instead of Rabat.

On May 31, 2021, the Coronavirus Operational Headquarters opened new destinations for…

Moscow has refrained from publishing the date of the resumption of flights to Egyptian resorts from Russia. It was said on June 1 by Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Peskov said that specialists from Russia made inspection trips to places of rest in Egypt. After familiarization…

The Russian tourist flow to the resorts of Egypt is likely to return gradually, and will significantly increase by the autumn, and by the end of 2021 it has every chance of recovering.

Atef Abdel Latif, a member of the Association of Tourist Investors in Southern Tourism, told local media…

According to experts, the volume of traffic to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh at the first stage of the resumption of direct flights to the Red Sea will be different.

The Russian side still considers the resorts at the western coast of the Red Sea to be safer than the tourist area in the South…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed that the competent authorities will work out in detail the practical issues for restarting flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts.

“In view of the conclusion of the joint work to ensure high aviation…