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Russia to resume direct flights with Egypt
Weekly service between Moscow and Cairo airports to return after two years.Direct civilian flights between Moscow and Cairo are scheduled to resume on 3 February, after a break of more than a two year...
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Flights to resume between Moscow and Cairo
Direct flights between Moscow and Cairo are expected to resume in February, after a break of more than a two years, following an agreement between Russia and Egypt.
Moscow suspended flights to Egypt...
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Egypt's antiquities ministry has introduced a new five-day tourist pass providing unlimited entry to all Egyptian, Islamic and Coptic museums and archaeological sites in Cairo and Giza. The Cairo Pass...
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Second terminal reopens at Cairo Airport
Reconstruction comes to an end as Cairo resumes air traffic with Russia.
Cairo International Airport has reopened its second terminal on a trial basis, Egypt's civil aviation ministry has said....
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Sinai plane crash another blow to Egyptian tourism
Egypt dismisses claim that Islamist terrorists brought down Russian passenger plane.
An investigation has been opened after a Russian passenger plane crashed early on 31 October in Egypt's Sinai Pe...
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Cairo to boost security at tourist sites
New measures aimed at boosting tourism
Egypt is to increase its security around major tourist sites in an effort to relaunch the country's flagging tourism sector.
The measures include increase...
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Egypt's tourism continues decline
Tourist numbers in June drop over 20 per cent since last year
The numbers of tourists visiting Egypt in June has fallen over 20 per cent compared to the same month last year, according to data rel...
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New tourist tax at Cairo airport
Tax applies to tourists leaving Egypt via Cairo Airport
Tourists leaving Cairo airport will now be charged $25 at Cairo International Airport, in a move that commentators suggest will further hit...
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Major hot air balloon crash in Egypt
19 tourists were killed after the hot air balloon in which they were travelling crashed near the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, some 500km south of Cairo, at dawn on Tuesday 26 February.
The casua...
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Tourism in Egypt dropped 28 per cent from January to July 2011 according to the latest figures from the Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA).
In the wake of the revolution that ousted President Mubara...
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Egypt courts private investment in transport sector
The Egyptian government is planning to attract private sector investment in the road and rail sectors in an attempt to improve its transport network, the daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
U...
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Saudi BinLaden Group gets Cairo airport hotel contract
The Saudi Arabia-based BinLaden group has won the contract to build a new 330-room five-star hotel at Cairo International Airport. Egypt
