Egypt's Copts return from Jerusalem after celebrating Holy Week

CAIRO - 19 April 2017: Air Sinai, one of EgyptAir's subsidiaries, will provide 24 flights for 5,316 passengers to facilitate the return of Egyptian Coptic Christians from Jerusalem to Egypt on Saturday, an official source at EgyptAir Holding Company said Monday.

Over 5,000 Egyptian Copts travelled to Tel Aviv via Air Sinai Trips to celebrate the Holy Week and Easter in Jerusalem, the source stated, adding that a total of 25 trips were organized.

Air Sinai flights to Tel Aviv started ten days ago and the last group will return to Egypt on April 27.

Other groups of Copts had already arrived in Cairo on Jordanian airlines, according to security sources at the airport.