Egypt Air eyes pie of India transit traffic with direct flights

In a bid to tap the fastest growing aviation market in the world, the airline has launched a direct flight between Delhi and Cairo

- Anu Sharma

In a bid to tap the fastest-growing aviation market in the world, Egypt Air has launched a direct flight between Delhi and Cairo, with an eye on the transit air traffic from national capital to Europe, North America, and Africa.

“India is a promising market. This will result in good connectivity to other destinations such as mid-Africa and West Africa," chairman and chief executive officer Capt. Mohamed Moussa told Mint.

“Next step will be codeshare with Indian companies," Moussa said, adding that the airline is getting ready to initiate discussions for a codeshare as part of the strategy going forward.