Egyptian leader visits Sharm el-Sheikh to reassure public about safety of

An ally of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the king “directed Saudi Arabian Airlines to continue running flights to Sharm el-Sheikh from Riyadh and Jeddah in support of tourism in the Arab Republic of Egypt”, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday.

“I was not anxious about flying out as I have been in Sharm El Sheikh twice before and it is an absolutely attractive place, and they are still sending out planes to bring people back home”.

Egypt’s tourism sector has been nearly completely dependent on European tourists visiting Red Sea resorts. “We don’t know when the tourists are going to be able to come back”.

Those problems, which led to the suspension of all British flights, included poor CCTV on baggage handlers, dark corners that were hard to monitor, and staff on X-ray machines being distracted by their phones.

Ignatenko did not rule out that the “terrorist” theory of the crash in the sky over the Sinai may be related to the plans to involve Egypt – as a key Sunni state in the region – in worldwide efforts to fight against ISIS.

Egypt has come under criticism over the investigation with sources saying there has been an “unacceptable” lack of transparency following the crash. Egypt has repeatedly warned it is too early to determine the cause.

EasyJet said on its website that all delayed passengers would be home by the end of next weekend while Monarch said the last Sharm flight would depart next Tuesday.

Sisi checked out security at the airport – where it is feared an explosive device may have been placed on the Airbus A321 – and met with tourists. “Travellers are advised that they do so at their own risk”.

A few 20,000 British nationals were thought to be in the resort at the time of the crash, with many struggling to return to the UK.

“It seemed purely for show to display that they were doing something in front of someone from the Department for Transport”, Mr Weir said.

A Fife Council employee whose long-awaited trip to Sharm el Sheikh was cancelled the day before she and her partner were due to fly out says she is disappointed.

But he added the United Kingdom and Russian flight bans were already beginning to hurt the local economy and warned that job losses would only fuel extremism, especially among Egypt’s Bedouin minority.

The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, but that was initially dismissed by both the Egyptian and Russian authorities.

“The Bedouins depend on tourism to earning their living”.

Julie, who had suffered a head injury in an accident at a water park and reacted badly to insect bites while away, was said to be unwell on arrival and “lost for words”.

Investigators from Egypt, Russian Federation and a number of other countries have been examining the plane’s black boxes to determine the cause of the crash.