EgyptAir is to launch a new year-round direct Dublin-Cairo service this summer. The new route, which commences on 5 June, will operate four times per week, and will be Ireland’s first scheduled air service to Egypt.
“We are very pleased to welcome EgyptAir to Ireland and to add Cairo to Dublin Airport’s extensive route network,” said Vincent Harrison, Managing Director, Dublin Airport. “Cairo is one of the world’s great cities and we will be working closely with EgyptAir to promote this new route, which will be welcomed by business and leisure travellers.”
Captain Ahmed Adel, Chairman and Chief Executive, EgyptAir, said that he was “delighted that EgyptAir will have four weekly flights linking the capital cities of Egypt and Ireland” from later this year.
The Egyptian Ambassador in Dublin, His Excellency Khaled Sarwat, said that the new route would “further enhance and deepen the bilateral relations between Egypt and Ireland and boost the mutual investment, trade and tourism between our two friendly nations”.
With a metropolitan area population of 20 million, Cairo is the largest city in the Arab world. It is located on the banks of the Nile, and the famous Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx are less than 6.25km from the city centre. Cairo is third on Lonely Planet’s Top 20 cities to visit in 2020.
The market for air travel between Dublin and Cairo is increasing, with an estimated 14,000 passengers travelling between the two cities last year. EgyptAir also has an extensive route network from its hub in Cairo to onward destinations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
EgyptAir, which is part of the global Star Alliance, carried more than nine million passengers in 2019 on a fleet of 68 aircraft. It operates more than 70 routes, including services to 18 African destinations, 17 in the Middle East, seven in Asia-Pacific, and three in North America.
The new Dublin-Cairo service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays with an Airbus A320NEO aircraft that is due to join the EgyptAir fleet in February. The 142-seat configuration will have 16 seats in Business Class and 126 in Economy Class.
