Immediate flight to Egypt begins

For the primary time ever Thomson has extra a new route to its Newcastle flying programme for Winter 2004/05.

Egypt’s Red Sea Riviera resort of Sharm el Sheikh will be readily available from November 2004 on a weekly immediate service with Thomson Flights. This will be a welcome move for Thomson clients residing in Newcastle and the surrounding regions as they can now jet off to this popular winter sunshine destination from their local airport not having the hassle of receiving to London.

Chris Mottershead, Thomson managing director, said: “This is a very exciting improvement for Thomson and exhibits that we’re committed to supplying a wide array of good worth holidays and flights from regional airports.”

He extra: “The Red Sea Riviera is a great new vacation destination which the Egyptians have invested a massive quantity of capital in. The hotels provide very large excellent, the diving is planet class and it has assured sunshine.”

Mike Luddy, commercial director of Newcastle International Airport stated: “The addition of this very first route to Egypt from Newcastle International reinforces Thomson’s commitment to the airport and its desire to widen the variety of destinations served from the North East. This is great news for passengers and we expect there to be a robust demand from holidaymakers in the region seeking for something a bit diverse from the a whole lot more conventional sunshine destinations across Europe.”

Thomson launches its new Egypt brochure for winter 2004/05 on June 3rd. A additional 22 hotels on the Red Sea Riviera have been selected to attribute in the brochure ranging from 2T to 5T A La Carte providing a alternative of bed and breakfast, half board, full board as nicely ten newly featured all inclusive hotels which include the Hotel Tropicana Grand Oasis in Sharm El Sheikh and the Hilton Longbeach in the resort of Hurghada.

New twin and triple centre holidays are available to Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo, as the effectively as Nile cruises combined with Luxor, Cairo or the Red Sea. There are impressive loved ones features such as a 50 per cent reduction for the initial little one on holidays to Luxor.

Costs start from pounds 285 per person for a seven-evening bed and breakfast remain at Hotel Cleopatra Tsokkos in Sharm El Sheikh, departing December 2004.