Egypt Authorities resumes commercial flights to Sudan for first time since the war

Egypt on Tuesday resumed direct commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since a devastating war broke out between Sudan’s rival general earlier this year.

A flight operated by Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir was received in the Sudanese coastal city of Port Sudan



by Sameh Farouq, Egypt’s consul general. He said EgyptAir would operate a weekly round trip to Port Sudan.

Flight MS865 departed from Cairo and landed in Port Sudan at 6.30 a.m., according to tracking service Flightradar24. A return flight landed in Cairo on Tuesday afternoon.