By Akram Medhat
Safwat Moslem, chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company, stated that the national carrier's first flight, No. 964, operated today from Cairo International Airport to Narita Airport in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, after a 4-year suspension, noting that the flight's takeoff was delayed from last night, its actual departure time under the operating plan, due to bad weather at Narita Airport.
Moslem added that the route's first flights are seeing strong demand from customers, as the return flight from Tokyo next Tuesday will carry 253 passengers.
Moslem explained that EgyptAir operates its direct flight to Tokyo every Saturday evening, which can be increased if supply and demand rise, using the Boeing B777-300ER, which offers the highest levels of comfort and luxury, with lie-flat bed seats in business class, personal entertainment screens at all seats on the aircraft, charging for mobile phones and personal computers, and other high-end features.
It is worth noting that the resumption of a direct flight route between Egypt and Japan is due to the rise in demand and tourist bookings from Japanese tourists, in addition to the flights' launch date being set to coincide with the start of the winter tourist season, which represents the peak of Japanese arrivals to the Egyptian tourist destination, from the beginning of November to the end of April, and focuses on cultural "archaeological" tourism in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan.
According to tourism statistics obtained exclusively by Travel Yalla News, Japanese tourism doubled from January to the end of September 2017, with the arrival of 22,000 tourists, up 99% compared with the same period last year, 2016, and they spent 148,000 tourist nights, an increase of 107%.
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