According to Italian news agency Di Viaggi, regular flights from Rome and Naples will be heading to the coastal city of Marsa Alam starting April 1. It is expected that the summer period will see 22 weekly flights between both Egypt and Italy, rendering the latter the first European market of reference, surpassing Germany in the number of tourist trips. Three new routes will be run by AirCairo: Bergamo-Sharm El Sheikh by March 31st and Rome and Naples to Marsa Alam at the beginning of April. The flights will be run by AirCairo which is a low fare airline based in Cairo founded in 2013 and which is 60 percent owned by EgyptAir. From November 2017 to December 2018, the Egyptian carrier flew about 1.6 million total passengers with 120 thousand being from Italy. This number is expected to increase by 20 percent in the summer season. The airline announced its expansion plans in Rome following steady increase of routes from major Italian cities (Milan Malpensa, Bergamo, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Bari) to the more touristy Egyptian destinations (from Sharm to Marsa Alam to Hurgada and Borg El Arab) since October 2017….
