EgyptAir operates 425 flights repatriating 77K stranded Egyptians

Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Roshdi Zakaria stated that the airline operated 425 exceptional flights to repatriate around 77,000 passengers, who got stuck abroad due to COVID-19 outbreak and the suspension of international passenger flights as a protective measure. Roshdy said that the company was ready to carry home more citizens if requested. EgyptAir announced on Wednesday the schedules of its international flights after the State’s decision to resume the aviation movement as of July 1. Egypt’s national carrier said on its website that its flight schedules from July 1 to 7 will include the destinations of Sharqa, Abu Dhabi, Athens, Addis Ababa, Iraq’s Erbil, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Beirut, Toronto, Juba, Dubai, Rome, Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Milan, Munich, New York and Washington. "The flights' destinations from July 8 to 14 will include Baghdad, Guangzhou, Geneva and Copenhagen," it added. EgyptAir noted that flights' destinations as of July 15 would cover Barcelona, Dar Essalam and Madrid.<br/>