New flights connect Tbilisi with Egyptian resort town Hurghada

One of Egypt’s carriers is launching direct flights between Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Egypt’s seaside resort town Hurghada.

From next week the two cities will be linked via direct Air Cairo flights.

The Cairo-based airline announced it would perform direct flights between Tbilisi and Hurghada four times per week from June 2, 2015.

This decision was made at a meeting between Georgia’s Ambassador to Egypt Archil Dzuliashvili and Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Hossam Kamal. The meeting was also attended by Air Cairo's chairman Yaser Ramli.

The goal of the meeting was to discuss possible ways to deepen bilateral cooperation, as well as the possibility of further establishing direct flights between Egypt’s resort areas Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh with Georgia.

Air Cairo already carries out direct flights between Tbilisi and Sharm el-Sheikh three times per week. Since the first flight 15,000 passengers have been transported between the two destinations.

Regular direct flights between the two countries first started in November 2014.

Kamal said Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry supported linking Egypt’s tourist cities to Georiga and other destinations around the world via direct flights.

Meanwhile at the meeting the sides also talked about the possibility of offering flights between Tbilisi and Egypt’s capital city Cairo.