Russia lifts ban on charter flights to Egypt

CAIRO – 8 July 2021: Russia lifted the ban on charter flights to Egypt as per a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TASS news agency reported.

 

The charter flights had been suspended for six years, after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Sinai in October 2015, killing 224 people onboard.

 

In April 2021, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Russian counterpart agreed in a phone call on to fully resume flights between the two countries, especially to the coastal cities of Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh, after six years of hiatus to these touristic destinations.

  

In January 2018, Russia decided to resume the flights to Egypt’s Cairo International Airport after Egypt has been implementing new, tighter security measures at all of its airports to meet the Russian demands necessary for the resumption of flights.