Marking an end to the airline operations’ hiatus, EgyptAir – Egypt’s popularly used national airline – is resuming its flight operations in July with 29 destinations routes in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America. In light of the implementation plan set by the Egyptian government for the resumption of air traffic to/from the Egyptian Airports starting July 1st, and the steps taken by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, EGYPTAIR announced resuming its flights to more than 29 destinations. pic.twitter.com/ze6MBMmwyZ — EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) June 25, 2020 Mid-March, Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced that Egypt was shutting down its airports and air travel in attempts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. There were only very few operating flights carrying out repatriation flights for Egyptians who had been stuck abroad. Resuming flights and operations of airport services is part of the government’s newly adopted ‘co-existence with the virus’ stance, despite the number of COVID-19 cases surpassing 60,000 with a death toll of over 2,500. ”EGYPTAIR will start operation during the first week of July to 13 cities in Europe; (Amsterdam-Athens-Brussels-Budapest-Paris-Rome-Milan-London-Frankfurt-Berlin–Vienna & Istanbul) and flights to (Barcelona – Copenhagen…
