In pics: Sharm El-Sheikh Airport receives 1st flight of new Ukrainian Bees Airlines

CAIRO – 18 March 2021: The Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport received on Thursday the first flight of the new Ukrainian Bees Airlines coming from the capital, Kiev.

The plane had 180 passengers on board. It is expected that another plane operated by the new low-cost company will arrive on Friday in the Red Sea governorate’s Marsa Alam city.

The airport in Sharm El-Sheikh received the plane with a water salute as an international custom.

The company will operate four flights per week to the Sharm El Sheikh airport until the end of the summer season.

A team at the airport distributed chocolate and roses to the crew and passengers of the plane and facilitated all arrival procedures, while adhering to the precautionary regulations adopted in all Egyptian airports.

 

 

International flights were suspended in March but resumed in July, 2020 over coronavirus.

Egyptians and non-Egyptians arriving at Egyptian airports have been required to bring the result of their PCR test to be allowed in the country.