Egypt, Russia flights to resume by early April


(MENAFN) The flights between Cairo and Moscow are expected to resume in late March, early April, the Akhbar El Yom newspaper reported Saturday citing sources.

According to the sources quoted by the newspaper, the Russian authorities will issue permission allowing the EgyptAir airline company to carry out regular flights between Moscow and Cairo within the next week. The first flight is expected to take place in late March, early April.

Russia halted civilian air traffic to Egypt in October 2015 after a bomb was detonated on a Russian charter plane from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board.

On December 15, 2017, Russia and Egypt signed an agreement to take up again passenger flights between their capitals.

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