Russia and Egypt are taking steps to restart passenger flights to Egyptian resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada, the Egyptian ambassador in Moscow told Sputnik on Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th May, 2021) Russia and Egypt are taking steps to restart passenger flights to Egyptian resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada, the Egyptian ambassador in Moscow told Sputnik on Tuesday.
The Egyptian presidency said on April 23 that Moscow and Cairo had agreed to restore full air traffic from Russia to the two Red Sea destinations.
"The sides are taking necessary steps to resume flights. The required procedures are underway. We are working in this direction," Ambassador Ihab Nasr said.
Russia suspended flights to Egypt's troubled Sinai peninsula after a plane carrying Russian tourists was bombed in 2015, killing all 224 people on board. Regular flights resumed more than two years later, but charter flights to resorts remained grounded.
