Qatar Airways Announces Resumption of Flights with Egypt

On Wednesday, Qatar Airways announced that it would resume flights to Egypt starting from Jan. 18.

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In a tweet on its official account, Qatar Airways said that it would operate a daily flight to Cairo, starting from Jan. 18 before starting twice weekly services to Mediterranean port city Alexandria on Jan. 25.

Flights are resuming after Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed this month with Qatar to end a political dispute that broke out in mid-2017.

Yesterday, Egypt decided to reopen its airspace with Qatar and allow the resumption of flights between the two countries as of today, January 12, according to a statement by Civil Aviation Ministry.

The move came after Riyadh announced a breakthrough at Al-Ula summit last Tuesday to end the rift in which Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt cut diplomatic, trade, and travel ties with Qatar in mid-2017.

State carrier EgyptAir has announced plans to resume daily flights to Doha, Qatar’s capital, and said it could add a second daily service if there was sufficient demand.

Egypt and its Gulf allies cut ties with Qatar in 2017 over allegations it supports terrorism, which Doha denies. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have also announced the reopening of their airspace to Qatar.