Egypt's Suez Canal revenues at $422.1 mln in April

Women sit and look at a container ship navigate through the Suez canal near Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo May 2, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal was $422.1 million in April, a government website said on Wednesday, up from $420.1 million in March. The fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia is one of Egypt's main sources of foreign currency.