Cairo: The Russian Embassy in Egypt has announced the resumption of Russian air traffic to the cities of Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh in August, after a hiatus of nearly six years.
The embassy stated in a press release on its official Fb page that on July 23 representatives of the Russian government’s Anti-Coronavirus Operations Center met to consider the resumption of flights between Russia and the Egyptian cities of Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, and decided to restart air traffic on Aug. 9.
The embassy stated that the return of travel would be at a rate of 5 flights a week from Moscow to Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh.
The embassy also confirmed that the decision to extend the number of flights to Egyptian resorts would depend on the outcome of the Russian delegation’s visit to Egypt to assess the latest situation.
Air traffic between Russia and Cairo Airport resumed in 2018, whereas constitutional flights from Russia to Egyptian tourist resorts continued to be suspended till a set of safety requirements requested by Russia were implemented.
2021-07-26
