Azerbaijan and Egypt to start direct flights

Samed Saad, the advisor to the Egyptian minister for tourism, said at a meeting at the Azerbaijani Ministry for Culture and Tourism in Baku that Azerbaijan and Egypt should start direct flights to exchange tourists, Trend reports.

According to Saad, EgAz Tours, an Egyptian airline company, proposed starting flights between Baku and Sharm el-Sheikh in late 2015. Millions of Azerbaijani tourists have vacations abroad every year, and Egypt plans to make use of the potential, Saad stated.