EgyptAir making arrangements for resumption of Cairo-Moscow flights

CAIRO - 20 February 2018: Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Safwat Musallam on Tuesday said that the company is waiting for the completion of some measures ahead of resuming flights between Cairo and Moscow.

In a released statement, he added that bookings for the flights will open once these arrangements are completed in line with an agreement between the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry and the Russian Ministry of Transport.

Under the agreement operation will start with three flights per week on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, added the statement.

On January 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed to resume flights from Moscow to Cairo after a 26-month suspension, Sputnik news agency reported.

Russia suspended flights with Egypt following a plane crash over Sinai in late 2015. The Islamic State terrorist group (IS) subsequently declared responsibility for blowing up the airliner.