On the evening of Monday, 1 November, Luxor International Airport received EgyptAir’s first flight coming from London’s Heathrow Airport after a two-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Luxor-London flights are set to operate during winter, with a weekly flight that can accommodate 140 passengers. This step coincides with EgyptAir’s participation in the 2021 World Travel Market (WTM), held in London from November 1-3. The WTM is currently being attended by Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Mohamed Manar and Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled El-Enany. In August, 300 Russian tourists arrived at Hurghada International Airport for the first time since 2015, and were welcomed by a delegation from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the office of the Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Activation in Hurghada. The United Kingdom removed Egypt from its COVID-19 red list in September, which meant that there would no longer be a self-financed, 10-day mandated hotel quarantine for those traveling from Egypt to England. Egypt is currently preparing a grand celebration for the El-Kebash Road reopening ceremony to attract global attention to Luxor’s ancient civilization. The road, which was built by…
