CAIRO, Jun 30 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Taba and Marsa Matrouh international airports, received certificates of health accreditation by the Airports Council International (ACI), raising the number of Egyptian airports recognised as safe to 11, said the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation yesterday.
The certificate recognises each airport’s “commitment to prioritising health and safety measures,” in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the ACI, the ministry said.
The two certificates, issued on Jun 28, will expire a year later.
The other nine Egyptian international airports that have received the same ACI certificate include, Cairo, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam, Borg el-Arab, Luxor, Aswan, Sohag and Assiut.
“Thus, Egypt becomes one of the first countries in Africa and the Middle East, in terms of the number of airports obtaining this certificate,” said the statement.
Egypt suspended all international flights on Mar 19, 2020, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, and resumed them on July 1, 2020, in a bid to revive the declining tourism industry.
