Low-cost airline Wizz Air has launched, from July, a new flight program from Poland to a number of tourist destinations in Egypt for the first time, with 27 weekly flights to Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada, in addition to the flights it currently operates to Egypt from various source markets.
The move crowns the cooperation and partnership between the ministry and Wizz Air, and the fruitful discussions and meetings between Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy and the airline's officials, the latest of which was his meeting with Ian Malin, the airline's Chief Commercial Officer, last June, to discuss opportunities to strengthen cooperation to increase tourist flows to Egypt from the markets in which the airline operates, especially in light of its plans to expand its business in Egypt in the coming period.
The incentive packages implemented by the Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities and Civil Aviation and approved by the Cabinet also encouraged the airline to accelerate the implementation of its expansion plans in the Egyptian market by operating these new flights from the Polish market.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy stressed the ministry's keenness to strengthen cooperation with industry partners in various source markets, praising the step, which reflects the growing confidence of major international airlines in Egypt as a destination. This supports the ministry's efforts to increase inbound tourism and achieve the Egyptian state's targets for developing the tourism sector and reaching 30 million tourists by 2030.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Nabil, Assistant Minister for Aviation and Follow-up, explained that the program includes 27 weekly flights from a number of Polish cities: 11 flights to Marsa Alam, 9 to Hurghada and 7 to Sharm El Sheikh. He noted that the flights will help increase the number of Polish tourists visiting Egypt and boost occupancy rates in these destinations, and reflect Polish tourists' interest in visiting Egypt and enjoying its diverse tourism experiences.
Wizz Air is one of the world's largest low-cost airlines, with a large fleet of aircraft, and has an expansion plan to add a number of new aircraft to its fleet this year and next.
