Emirates highlights support for long-standing UAE and Egypt relations

Emirates highlights support for long-standing UAE and Egypt relations

DUBAI: With celebrations underway in Cairo to mark 50 years of long-standing ties and a remarkable partnership between the UAE and Egypt, Emirates is highlighting its contributions to Egyptian tourism and trade flows, helping promote opportunities and foster deeper people to people connections throughout the airline’s 36 years of operations to the country. Emirates has been operating to Egypt since its early days as an airline. Emirates began flights to and from Cairo in 1986 as its first destination in Africa. Today, Egypt is not only an important regional point, but also a major global market for the airline. Emirates has carried more than 9.3 million passengers on close to 38,000 flights between Cairo and Dubai since the start of its operations, and Egypt’s capital city is one of the major destinations on the airline’s A380 network. The airline has grown its operations to 25 weekly services between Cairo and Dubai, which includes two daily flights served by its flagship A380 in addition to the Boeing 777, helping to support inbound tourism, one of the main pillars of Egypt’s economy and the lifeblood to many of its communities. The growth in operations and return to pre-pandemic capacity has not only