The Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar Enaba announced Saturday that Egypt has yet to receive official word from Russia regarding the resumption of charter flights to Egyptian tourist resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada. Speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Enaba said that no contact has been made since the Russian security procedures review committee left Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh airports earlier this February. He also shot down reports claiming that tourism from Russia to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh airports has resumed, and instead clarified that all that occurred were that airlines had submitted a request to the Civil Aviation Authority to approve organizing flights to the Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada airports at the end of last March. Russia, along with a host of European countries including the UK, suspended flights to Egyptian resorts after the incident. The primary reason for suspending flights with Egypt was the Russian plane disaster in October 2015, he added.

Source: Egypt Independent February 20, 2021 12:11 UTC