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Air Cairo announces a Hurghada–Zanzibar route with eight return flights a week

Air Cairo says it plans to add more flights from December. The announcement, posted on the airline's Facebook page, gives no start date, fares or flight days.

2 November 2026

File photo: an Air Cairo Airbus A320neo, registration SU-BUM, taxiing on a wet runway. Archive image of the airline, not a photograph of the Hurghada-Zanzibar route launch.
Archive photo

Air Cairo has announced a new route between Hurghada and Zanzibar, with eight return flights a week. The airline published the announcement on its official Facebook page.

It says it plans to increase the number of flights from December, citing growing demand for travel between the two destinations.

The announcement does not give a start date, fares or the days the flights operate, and it does not say whether the route is already running.

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Youm7 reported on 2 November 2026 that Air Cairo had announced the new Hurghada–Zanzibar route on its official Facebook page. The route details, including the eight weekly return flights and the planned increase from December, come from the airline's own announcement; a start date, fares and flight days were not available.

Image credit: Archive photo - Anna Zvereva / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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