A direct round-trip flight between China and Egypt will be opened and operated by China Eastern Airlines from December 11, 2023.
The Shanghai-Cairo route would operate three return flights a week, on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
The outbound flights MU223/224 are scheduled to take off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 12:30am and arrive at Cairo International Airport at 08:00am, while the return flights from Cairo are scheduled to take off at 12:30pm and return to Pudong at 05:30am the following day (all times are local).