First direct Cairo-Tehran flight in over 30 years

[mhm]

The first direct flight connecting Egypt and Iran in more than 30 years took off from Cairo International Airport on Saturday, airport officials told AFP.

The Air Memphis plane, chartered by Egyptian businessman Ramy Lakah, is the first direct flight between the capitals since the two countries severed ties after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.

The flight, which was carrying the Iranian charge d'affaires and his family to Tehran, will then fly back to Egypt's southern city of Aswan, airport officials said.

Egyptian officials said recently that scheduled charter flights between Iran and Egypt would be announced soon, but no date has yet been set.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/first-direct-cairo-tehran-flight-over-30-years-174814138.html

[viking9]

I wonder what he and Amadinnerjacket are cooking up between them!