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Egyptair celebrated its 92nd anniversary with Indian travel trade partners in New Delhi recently. The airline, planning to increase frequencies between New Delhi and Cairo, announces a 45% discount on bookings from Delhi to Egypt. Growth in all sectors, especially wedding tourism sector, will drive the air traffic between two countries, says Amr Ali, Country Manager, Egyptair.
Amita Pandey
Egyptair, the national flag carrier of Egypt, celebrated its 92nd anniversary with Indian travel trade partners in New Delhi recently. The airline highlighted the role of the trade partners in achieving the milestone and the loyalty of its customers. It announced many initiatives and special fares, including a 45 per cent discount on bookings from Delhi to Egypt until June 30, 2024.
Focus on strengthening network in India
Highlighting Egyptair’s plans to strengthen its network in India, Amr Ali, Country Manager, Egyptair, said, “India is one of the most important markets for Egyptair. We have been operating here for many years, from Mumbai. We started our operations to Delhi last August, with four flights every week. We are hoping to increase our frequencies soon to reach daily flights, i.e., seven flights per week between Cairo and New Delhi.” He added, “At present, we are working to strengthen our operations in Mumbai and Delhi, striving for a stable level of service. Our immediate goal is to maximise the use of all available frequencies. Since the operations between any two countries hinge on the increase in traffic and the agreed number of flights, we will continuously monitor the Indian market and its traffic trends. Naturally, when the right opportunity arises, we will not hesitate to expand to other Indian cities.”
Ali also emphasised on the current traffic flow Egyptair is experiencing from India and the destinations it covers. “Most of the traffic from India on Egyptair is heading to Europe, North America, and a few destinations in Africa. Our goal is to boost traffic between Cairo and New Delhi, and broadly between India and Egypt. We offer fantastic domestic destinations like Sharm El-Sheikh as well. Given that Egypt and India are two of the world’s oldest civilisations with rich cultural ties, we are keen to enhance cultural tourism, adventure tourism, safaris, and beach tourism in both countries. Wedding tourism is also on our radar. Promoting these various forms of tourism in Egypt will positively impact air traffic to our country,” he asserted.
When asked about the promotional activities, Ali replied, “From time to time, we organise events to meet our travel partners. We host them in our office, and we visit their offices to discuss the areas of cooperation between Egyptair and these companies. We chart strategies to build relations with all stakeholders in the market as an airline and provide exclusive benefits to the travel agents to boost sales.”
Bird Group, the GSA for Egyptair in India, sees tremendous business opportunities for Egyptair in India “Traffic from leisure and MICE segments is in demand between India and Egypt,” revealed Praful Khosla, Executive Vice President, Bird Group. Optimistic towards the India market, Khosla said that with the increasing demand to many unexplored destinations, Egyptair and other airlines will initiate more air routes and flights from India.
