CAIRO – 23 April 2021: Executive director of the Russian Association of Tour Operators Maya Lomidze revealed TASS Russian tour operators’ plans to launch charter flights to the Egyptian resorts in 7 to 14 days after air service is resumed. In a phone call on Friday, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on resuming all flights between the two countries' airports including to the resorts of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada. The decision to resume flights to the Egyptian resorts ends a hiatus that has lasted since 2015 over a Russian plane crash over Sinai, which killed all 224 people onboard. Russia already resumed flights to Cairo in 2018. Putin added that Russia is counting on Egypt's pivotal role in stabilizing its entire regional environment, Radi

Source: Egypt Today April 23, 2021 13:31 UTC