Egypt Air begins weekly direct flights from 3 Spanish cities to Luxor

CAIRO – 22 March 2022: Egypt Air began direct flights from several Spanish cities to Luxor on Monday as part of the Civil Aviation Ministry’s plan to promote flights into the country.

The flights take off on Monday every week until Jan 9, 2023, from Santiago de Compostela, Bilbao, and Málaga to carry tourists wishing to see the monuments of Luxor, which alone has one third of the world’s ancient monuments.

Luxor International Airport has already received the first of these flights in a Boeing B737 – 800, which will operate the trips.

Egypt’s tourism sector is expected to be impacted by the conflict in Ukraine, as many of the tourists were from Russian and Ukraine. It is thus looking for ways to attract more European and U.S. tourists to its resorts, nature reserves, museums, and temples.