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Russian air companies to make regular flights to Cairo

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Russian air companies to make regular flights to Cairo


06.01.2018

pixabay.comRegular flights between Russia and Egypt are re-opened, RIA News reports. RF President Vladimir Putin signed the corresponding document. The planes will fly from Russian airports to the capital of Egypt, Cairo.

The agreement to resume flights between the two countries was signed in mid-December by the head of Russian Transport Ministry Maxim Sokolov and the Egyptian Minister for Civil Aviation Sherif Fakhty. The negotiations on resuming the charter flights to Hurgada and Sharm-el-Sheikh are scheduled on April, 1st.

It should be reminded that flights between Russia and Egypt were closed in 2015 after the terror attack on a plane, which belonged to Russian company. The terrorist managed to bring explosives on board of the plane in Sharm-el-Sheikh. As a result, over 200 passengers and 7 crew members died.

Russian specialists in air safety checked Egyptian airports many times.

As reported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation, Vladimir Putin announced soon re-opening of the flights between Egypt and Russian after his meeting with his colleague Abdel Fattakh as-Sisi. He said that Egypt had done a lot for ensuring safety of the passengers both on land and in the air.

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