EGYPTAIR, main sponsor and official carrier of the 27th IHF Men’s World Championship, have announced exciting plans to promote the event, which takes place from 13 to 31 January.

Based in Cairo, EGYPTAIR, established in 1932, is the national airline of Egypt and became the seventh airline to join the International Air Transport Association.

Since its establishment, EGYPTAIR have become one of the worlds’ leading airlines, joining the Star Alliance network of global airlines in 2008 and now reaches more than 70 destinations in 50 countries – a perfect opportunity to not only spread the message of the World Championship around the world, but to show everyone how beautiful, dynamic, exciting and inspiring our sport is.

With this in mind, EGYPTAIR's entire new and young fleet will display the vibrant Egypt 2021 logo on all of its seat headrests for one month – internationally and domestically – while passengers on EGYPTAIR flights will see the event advertised throughout the on-board video entertainment systems.

In addition, plans are also well underway for further promotion through a variety of other methods, including the Egypt 2021 logo on the nose of a number of EGYPTAIR aircrafts.

“On behalf of EGYPTAIR, I am glad to announce EGYPTAIR as the official carrier of the 2021 IHF Men’s World Championship,” said EGYPTAIR Chairman and CEO, Captain Amr Abu Elenein.

“EGYPTAIR is ready to welcome the championship fans and teams from around the globe on board its flights and we promise to provide them with the utmost level of service and the true Egyptian hospitality that comes from the heart.”

As a result of the sponsorship, fans, visitors, journalists and others participating in the event, can benefit from a 20% discount on the basic fare of tickets on the available class (business/economy) on international EGYPTAIR flights arriving in Egypt.

“Thank you to the Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar Enabah and EGYPTAIR for their work and commitment on this sponsorship,” said IHF President Dr Hassan Moustafa. “We are proud to have this fruitful partnership with the world-renowned EGYPTAIR, which will promote handball and the excellence of Egypt 2021 around the world, which we believe will lead to more interest and involvement in our sport.”

For more information about EGYPTAIR, visit www.egyptair.com.

For further information on Egypt 2021 visit the competition’s mini-site on www.ihf.info or the official tournament website at www.handballegypt2021.com.