On Tuesday, Sharm el-Sheikh Airport received its first EgyptAir flight from Moscow in six years, the airline announced in a statement. The flight comes after the Russian government gave the green light to EgyptAir and other airlines to operate flights between Russia and Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns. Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport received the first EgyptAir flight of the Airbus 330/300 model coming from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, with 297 tourists on board. EgyptAir is scheduled to operate three flights per week to Sharm el-Sheikh every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. __IMAGE: Russian tourists gather at the Egyptair check-in desk at the Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, August 9, 2021.

Source: Egypt Independent August 10, 2021 13:38 UTC