TPA disburses charter flights incentive program payments until April 2017

The Tourism Promotion Agency (TPA) has disbursed payments to 34 foreign charter airlines under the incentives program through to April 2017, TPA Vice President Ahmed Hamdy announced on Thursday, Al Borsa reports. The TPA will also disburse payments owed for June 2017 within days, Al Shorouk says. The authority had disbursed the first tranche of payments covering the November 2015-October 2016 period last October. The program offers payouts and fee exemptions to flights with 50-80% seat occupancy rates that bring in regular tours from the EU to a number of Egyptian airports. The Tourism Ministry had agreed to extend the program until October 2018, and also approved raising the incentives.