Egyptair keen on getting transit traffic from India
Egyptair has its eyes firmly set on India as it increases its presence in the country and hopes to lure more passengers (both point-to-point and transit). The airline, which flies daily between Mumbai and Cairo, recently also started operating from New Delhi. Given the number of passengers from India flying to the West, the flag carrier sees plenty of opportunities for gaining transit traffic and potential codeshare partnerships. Egyptair has added one more connection from India by recently launching a service from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline operates four weekly flights between Delhi and Cairo using one of its Airbus A320neo aircraft in a two-class configuration. The airline operates daily out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, where it uses a different equipment – a Boeing 737. According to Cirium, Egyptair has 62 return flights between Cairo and Mumbai, offering 9,548 seats in August. Between Delhi and Cairo, it is offering 33 return flights with a total of 4,686 seats. According to the data provided by India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Egypair flew almost 22,000 passengers between Mumbai and Cairo in the quarter ending March 2023. After covering India’s two biggest airports, Egyptair is keen to explore codeshare partnerships with airlines. Capt. Mohamed Moussa, Egyptair’s Chairman and CEO, spoke with Mint about the possibility of connecting Indian passengers to other destinations via Egypt, such as those in mid-Africa and West Africa. He said that the next step will be codeshare partnership with Indian airlines. The report also quotes the airline’s country manager, Amr Ali, as saying, “After recovery from covid, many people are now keen and have huge need to travel. As Egypt Air has a very good connectivity network with hub in Cairo, we see here in India a very big potential to catch traffic from India to Cairo and beyond Cairo to our network destinations in Africa, North America and Europe.”<br/>
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Egyptair keen on getting transit traffic from India
Egyptair has its eyes firmly set on India as it increases its presence in the country and hopes to lure more passengers (both point-to-point and transit). The airline, which flies daily between Mumbai and Cairo, recently also started operating from New Delhi. Given the number of passengers from India flying to the West, the flag carrier sees plenty of opportunities for gaining transit traffic and potential codeshare partnerships. Egyptair has added one more connection from India by recently launching a service from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline operates four weekly flights between Delhi and Cairo using one of its Airbus A320neo aircraft in a two-class configuration. The airline operates daily out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, where it uses a different equipment – a Boeing 737. According to Cirium, Egyptair has 62 return flights between Cairo and Mumbai, offering 9,548 seats in August. Between Delhi and Cairo, it is offering 33 return flights with a total of 4,686 seats. According to the data provided by India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Egypair flew almost 22,000 passengers between Mumbai and Cairo in the quarter ending March 2023. After covering India’s two biggest airports, Egyptair is keen to explore codeshare partnerships with airlines. Capt. Mohamed Moussa, Egyptair’s Chairman and CEO, spoke with Mint about the possibility of connecting Indian passengers to other destinations via Egypt, such as those in mid-Africa and West Africa. He said that the next step will be codeshare partnership with Indian airlines. The report also quotes the airline’s country manager, Amr Ali, as saying, “After recovery from covid, many people are now keen and have huge need to travel. As Egypt Air has a very good connectivity network with hub in Cairo, we see here in India a very big potential to catch traffic from India to Cairo and beyond Cairo to our network destinations in Africa, North America and Europe.”<br/>
