São Paulo – Brazil has expanded the air transport agreement that it sustains with Egypt. According to information from the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), The text from 2005 was renegotiated in early July this year by a Brazilian delegation that travelled to Cairo, headed by the director of the Anac, Ronaldo Seroa da Motta, and the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.
The renegotiated agreement increases from four to seven the authorised frequency of weekly flights. The authorisation, according to the Anac, applies to mixed services or cargo-only and enabled greater flexibility in the routes.
According to the text, flights from Brazil may land in any point in Egypt and vice versa, and there is also the possibility of aircraft operating at intermediary points between the two countries, provided that passengers do not board or alight during these stops.
According to the Anac, a clause in the document has been maintained allowing codeshare agreements between airlines from the two companies and also with companies from other countries – for example, the shared code between a Brazilian airline and a European airline that offers flights to Egypt.
So far, there are not direct routes for passenger flights between Brazil and Egypt. The Anac informed, however, that the agreement does not force companies from the two countries to operate the flights. It only makes them possible in case there is a demand.
Even without direct flights, Brazil and Egypt have a long-standing relation in the air transport sector. In the 1980s, for instance, the Brazilian state-owned aircraft manufacturer Embraer assembled units of the military turboprop Tucano in the Arab country. More recently, the Brazilian company sold 12 Embraer 170 commercial jets to EgyptAir.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
