Air Cairo / SunExpress Launches Extensive Partnership From NS23
Published at 1800GMT 13MAR23
Air Cairo during Northern summer 2023 season is expanding service to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, becoming the largest operator serving these markets from Egypt, with Airbus A320neo aircraft. The A320neo aircraft will be based in Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Sharm el Sheikh.
The airline has entered extensive partnership agreement with SunExpress, who takes over all commercial activities for the operation to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including scheduling, network planning, sales, revenue management and marketing. The partnership provides Air Cairo greater market visibility in these markets, with SM-coded flights appearing on SunExpress web booking system.
Planned Air Cairo service between Egypt and Germany, Austria and Switzerland during Northern summer season as follows. Routes marked with * represents this route was not offered in 2022.
Hurghada – Basel/Mulhouse 2 weekly A320 (3 from 01JUL23)
Hurghada – Berlin 4 weekly A320neo (5 from 13JUL23)
Hurghada – Cologne 5 weekly A320neo (4 weekly 24APR23 – 24JUN23 and 21AUG23 – 30SEP23)
Hurghada – Dusseldorf 6 weekly A320neo (4 weekly 25APR23 – 21JUN23)
Hurghada – Frankfurt 4 weekly A320neo (5 from 25MAY23, 6 from 21JUN23)
Hurghada – Hamburg 3 weekly A320neo
Hurghada – Hannover 5 weekly A320neo (4 from 21APR23, 5 from 28JUN23, 6 from 13JUL23)
Hurghada – Leipzig 4 weekly A320neo (5 from 06JUL23)
* Hurghada – Muenster 1 weekly A320neo (2 from 24JUN23)
Hurghada – Munich 5 weekly A320neo (4 from 21APR23, 6 from 25MAY23, 5 from 05JUL23, 6 from 29JUL23, 5 from 24SEP23)
Hurghada – Nuremberg 4 weekly A320neo (2 from 01MAY23, 5 from 26MAY23)
Hurghada – Paderborn 1 weekly A320neo (2 from 18MAY23, 3 from 26JUN23)
Hurghada – Stuttgart 4 weekly A320neo (5 from 01JUN23, 6 from 25JUN23)
Hurghada – Vienna 4 weekly A320neo (5 from 30JUN23)
Hurghada – Zurich 2 weekly A320neo (3 from 12APR23, 2 from 11MAY23, 4 from 28JUN23, 5 from 11JUL23)
* Marsa Alam – Berlin 1 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Cologne 1 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Dusseldorf 2 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Frankfurt 2 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Hannover 1 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Leipzig 2 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Munich 2 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Stuttgart 1 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Vienna 1 weekly A320neo
* Marsa Alam – Zurich 1 weekly A320neo
* Sharm el Sheikh – Dusseldorf 1 weekly A320neo
* Sharm el Sheikh – Frankfurt 1 weekly A320neo
Based on US calendar week 32 (06AUG23 – 12AUG23), the carrier operates 27 routes to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with 87 weekly departures from Egypt offered, compared to 47 weekly on 14 routes in 2022 and 21 weekly on 12 routes in 2021.