{"id":94691899,"date":"2011-03-01T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/continental-airlines-suspends-cairo-service-indefinitely-due-to-low-demand\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T13:04:00","slug":"continental-airlines-suspends-cairo-service-indefinitely-due-to-low-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/continental-airlines-suspends-cairo-service-indefinitely-due-to-low-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental Airlines Suspends Cairo Service Indefinitely Due to Low Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/3\/Cairo_Continental_Airlines.jpg\" alt=\"Cairo has not welcomed many visitors since political unrest hit Egypt in January (Image: Wikimedia)\" title=\"Cairo has not welcomed many visitors since political unrest hit Egypt in January (Image: Wikimedia)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Travel demand in Egypt hit a wall following weeks of political unrest <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nEgyptian travel demand has been so low since political unrest first hit the country in late January that Continental Airlines has announced an indefinite suspension of service to Cairo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe carrier had previously planned to resume flights from its hub in Newark, New Jersey on May 18 following the surrender of power by former president Hosni Mubarak.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAlthough the leaders of Egypt&rsquo;s new government insist the country is safe for international travelers, the Associated Press estimates February tourism losses at $825 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nContinental said it is now working with other carriers to re-book flights for those already scheduled to travel to Cairo.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.usatoday.com\/flights\/post\/2011\/03\/continental-postpones-cairo-flights\/145136\/1\" target=\"_blank\"> USA Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Travel demand in Egypt hit a wall following weeks of political unrest &nbsp; Egyptian travel demand has been so low since political unrest first hit the country in late January that Continental Airlines has announced an indefinite suspension of service to Cairo. &nbsp; The carrier had previously planned to resume flights from its hub [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94691899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94691899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94691899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94691899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94691899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}