Charters from Europe and the post-Soviet space began to actively arrive at the relatively new resort of Egypt, especially in comparison with Hurghada, at the Marsa Alam airport. According to Egyptian media, the total number of weekly flights to Marsa Alam International Airport has reached 74, which is a lot in itself, but it is 6 flights more than last week. In total, these flights have brought more than 11 thousand tourists in recent days alone.
Europeans ensured this increase: the number of flights from Italy increased by 4, as well as two flights from the Netherlands. While a hard lockdown is being introduced in the European country itself, transavia has been opening flights to Egyptian resorts from the Netherlands since Saturday. The first flight delivered 143 passengers – in Egypt it was considered a resumption of Dutch tourist flights after a long break due to the pandemic crown and solemnly greeted the plane with a water arch, and tourists – souvenirs. The airline is expected to operate nine flights a week.
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Marsa Alam Airport also accepts four flights from various Ukrainian airports, which carry about 500 Ukrainian tourists. In total, according to the schedule of incoming flights, 65 international flights arrived at the airport during the week. Including 4 Dutch, 8 from Italy, 13 from Germany, 7 from the Czech Republic, 14 from Poland, 19 from Ukraine, 4 from Switzerland, as well as on the flight from Moldova and Romania.
As for Ukraine, Marsa Alam was not included in the airports allowed for direct flights of Ukrainian airlines. It will be recalled that Marsa Alam is located on the Red Sea about 200 km south of Hurghada – a warmer resort, which is especially true for the winter season (read details in the article “The resorts of Egypt were hit by bad weather: waves knocked people down, the port was closed”). Marsa Alam is also famous for its excellent unspoilt places for diving and windsurfing.
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