El-Kholy: The company is launching two weekly flights on the new route, in addition to its Guangzhou and Beijing flights
Captain Ashraf El-Kholy, chairman of EgyptAir Airlines, said the company's first flight to the Chinese city of Hangzhou took off at dawn today, Friday, from Terminal 3 at Cairo International Airport, carrying 260 passengers.
El-Kholy added that two weekly direct flights are scheduled to the Chinese city of Hangzhou, in addition to EgyptAir's daily flight to Guangzhou and three weekly flights to Beijing.
EgyptAir distributed souvenirs and offered free in-flight internet to passengers on this flight, on departure and arrival, to celebrate the launch of the new route, which comes as part of its expansion in the Asian market, to boost inbound tourism from Far East cities and to offer the best services at competitive prices.
