Tourism Ministry approves raising incentives for charter flights

The Tourism Ministry has approved raising incentives offered to airlines running charter flights to Luxor, Aswan, Marsa Matrouh, Taba, and Alamein to USD 3,000 from USD 2,000, Deputy Minister Adla Ragab tells Al Shorouk. The incentives, which include payouts and fee exemptions, are offered to flights with 50-80% seat occupancy rates that bring in regular tours from the EU to a number of Egyptian airports. The ministry had agreed last month to extend the incentives program, which was initially launched in 2015, to October 2018.