Air Ticket Tax Increase Is 1% of Average Ticket Price and Does Not Exceed 100 Pounds

Aviation minister: The decision applies to international flights by Egyptian and foreign airlines departing from Egypt

Inbound tourist flights and domestic flights are outside its scope

Minister of Civil Aviation Captain Hossam Kamal said that Law No. 46 of 1978 and its amendments imposed a tax on air tickets of 100 Egyptian pounds for economy class and 300 pounds for first class. It has been applied for many years to all tickets whose itinerary starts in Egypt, and to all Egyptian and foreign airlines operating in Egypt, in a way that does not undermine competition between the companies.

Kamal explained that under the presidential decree amending the third clause of the aforementioned law, the tax will become 150 pounds on economy class tickets instead of the current 100 pounds, an increase of 50 pounds, and 400 pounds on first class instead of the current 300 pounds, with an average increase of only about 1% of the current average prices of international air tickets.

The minister stressed that the increase applies only to international tickets whose itinerary starts in Egypt, meaning that inbound tourist traffic to Egypt will not be subject to it. Nor will it apply to travelers whose journeys begin outside Egypt or to domestic flights, while the same exemption clauses stipulated in Law No. 46 of 1978 remain in place. He noted that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) will be notified so that the decision can be circulated to all airlines.