CAIRO: There were 18,500 flights into and out of Egypt in July compared to 6,500 in the same month last year, an increase of 185 percent, according to the country’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics.
In June there were some 14,000 flights, compared to 500 in the same month last year.
There were 2.1 million aircraft passengers in July, more than quadruple the 500,000 passengers in the same month last year.
In June there were 1.6 million passengers, compared to 300,000 in the same month last year.
There were 19,200 tons of cargo transported by plane in July compared to 16,700 in the same month last year, an increase of 13 percent.
In June 21,300 tons were transported compared to 16,100 in the same month last year, an increase of 32 percent.
