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CAI Air Mall is scheduled to open early 2007,
operating for the first time in Egypt 24 hours.
Aiming at providing an array of services and
entertainment facilities, the new shopping mall will
serve both passengers, airport visitors as well as
the general public.
An attractive retail concept, food and beverage
outlets & children area are planned to assure it's
THE place to be at. The Air Mall will also be linked
to the new International Arrival Hall 3.
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The TUI Group has
announced that as of January 15, 2007 the
low-cost airlines Hapag- loyd Express and
Hapagfly will present on market with a new brand
TUIfly. The new airline of 56 aircrafts will
provide, with cheaper prices and higher quality,
75 flights to 17 countries, including Morocco,
Mallorca, Tel Aviv, Las Palmas and Catania, to
be added to its current routes. With this union, Travia, TUIfly general sales agent,
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will add more
destinations to its current Cairo- Germany route
at very low costs. At half of January 2007 a
communication campaign to support the launch of
new portal
www.tuifly.com that will substitute
entirely the sites
www.hlx.com and
www.hapagfly.com. The legal merger of the
two societies, Hapag- loyd Flug GmbH and Hapag-Lloyd
Express GmbH, has foreseen for 2008.
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In an attempt to
encourage and support inbound tourism, the
Egyptian Tourism Authority issued on November
30, 2006 an amendment on the Charter Incentive
Program to flights arriving to Marsa Alam from
non-Egyptian points of departure, as an
incentive for tour operators to produce and
operate vacation packages to Egypt’s Southern
Red Sea region. The support provided is via the
payment of US$10.87 per seat with a maximum of
US$ 2,000.00 per flight. The amendment is
applied as of December 1, 2006 and valid till
April 30, 2007 or till the end of the allocated
budget of US$ 2 Million. Terms and Conditions
are as follows: Firstly, claims for eligible
flights are accepted only from the licensed
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Egyptian travel
agency officially appointed to represent the
foreign tour operators. Secondly, claims should
be presented to the authorities of Marsa Alam
Airport on the designated “Claim Form”. After
the claim is verified by the Marsa Alam Airport
authorities, it must be presented to the
Egyptian Tourism Federation in Cairo within
seven days of the flight’s arrival date,
together with an official letter from the hotels
in Marsa Alam, where the arriving tourists are
going to stay. Thirdly, flights with a seat
capacity under 170 seats are eligible for
support; and last but not least, flights
carrying passengers not staying at hotels in the
Marsa Alam area are not eligible for support.
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