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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

German tour operators denies cutting back flights to Egypt

German tour operator says reports it cut offerings to Egypt are “fully absurd”: German tour operator FTI denied reports it is cutting back on flights to Egypt after what the domestic press said was an argument with Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed. “The Munich-based tour operator confirmed there had been a meeting with the minister but dismissed the report as ‘fully absurd.’” German tourism and business travel news website FVW also added that ETI, another German operator, “is relaunching holidays in Sharm El Sheikh despite the effective ban on flights from Germany,” offering flights to Sharm El Sheikh from the Slovakian capital Bratislava from 2 July. “The flights are targeted not only at tourists from Slovakia and Austria, whose capital Vienna lies only 30 minutes away, but also from Germany.” (Read)

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