EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int’l) has submitted an official request to the Israeli authorities for a permit to launch in-house services between Cairo Int’l and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, replacing those run by purpose-built subsidiary Air Sinai (4D, Cairo Int’l) since 1982, Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS has reported.

Sources indicated that EgyptAir has sought to increase the frequency of the flights from daily to 3x daily. Russia Today subsequently claimed that an official source at the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation had denied the…

Source: ch aviation
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