Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, held a meeting today with Lan Malin, Chief Financial Officer of Wizz Air, and a number of the airline’s senior executives during their current visit to Egypt, to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in light of the airline’s plans to expand its operations in the Egyptian market. This is expected to contribute to increasing tourist arrivals from the markets served by the airline to various tourist destinations across Egypt.
During the meeting, Lan Malin reviewed the airline’s current operations and future operating plans for the Egyptian tourism market, which represents a strategic destination for its business. He expressed the airline’s interest in expanding its operations in Egypt by increasing the number of incoming flights from the markets it serves, particularly European countries and Eastern Balkan countries.
Both sides discussed various opportunities for cooperation to drive further tourist traffic to Egypt from different international markets, as well as the role that the Ministry and the Egyptian state could play in increasing tourist arrivals.
The two sides agreed that the airline would submit draft operating plans for the upcoming summer and winter seasons, including a significant increase in the number of flights to Egypt from various international markets. The Ministry will provide the necessary support to facilitate the operation of these flights, contributing to an increase in tourist arrivals from the targeted markets to Egypt’s various tourist destinations.
The meeting also addressed some challenges related to operating charter flights to Egypt and ways of working together to overcome them. Sherif Fathy affirmed the Ministry’s readiness to provide all possible forms of support to achieve the desired objectives and boost inbound tourism to Egypt, in line with Egypt Vision 2030.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Youssef, CEO of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board; Dr. Ahmed Nabil, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Aviation and Follow-up; and Rana Gohar, Advisor to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Communications and Foreign Relations and General Supervisor of the Ministry’s General Department of International Relations and Agreements.
