Air Cairo to launch new Belgrade routes and expand Serbia operations
Egypt Air’s subsidiary Air Cairo has announced plans to introduce two new routes to Belgrade and expand its operations in Serbia. It came following talks between the airline’s CEO, Hussein Sherif, with the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate, Air Serbia and representatives of the Serbian government. The airline, which currently maintains scheduled year-round operations between Hurghada and Belgrade, plans to introduce regular flights between Sharm-el-Sheikh and the Serbian capital, as well as services from Cairo next April. “Increasing the number of flights and expanding our destination network will result in better connectivity between Serbia and Egypt, which is a positive step in bilateral relations”, Mr Sherif said.
Air Cairo’s CEO noted the airline plans to cater for holidaymakers but also connecting traffic from Africa as well. “Serbian citizens who live and work in Africa will be able to fly directly via Cairo to Belgrade, rather than Istanbul or another European city, as has been the case up until now. Many people from Serbia live in South Africa and will soon have the opportunity to travel back to their homeland via Cairo in cooperation with Egypt Air”, Mr Sherif said. He added, “Furthermore, people from Africa will have the chance to travel to the Balkans and Europe. We will work on developing tourism ties and enabling easier access for businessmen and investors”.
Air Cairo is looking to expand its cooperation with Air Serbia with Mr Sherif holding talks with the airline’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy Jiri Marek. Traffic rights have been a major sticking point between Serbia and Egypt due to a stringent bilateral air service agreement in place between the two countries. However, following talks between the airlines and government officials from both Serbia and Egypt, the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate said yesterday, “At the meeting it was concluded for the representatives of each airline to define the potential expansion of capacity between the two countries”. Next summer, Air Cairo also plans to introduce services between Sharm-el-Sheikh and Niš, which it initially intended on launching in the summer of 2019 but was blocked by the Serbian regulator.
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