Egypt travel situation: UK Government Statement on Sharm el-Sheikh

Meanwhile, waiting for their flights at Sharm El-Sheikh global Airport, two Russian tourists flying back to their country told Daily News Egypt they completed their vacation, which began a few days after the Russian plane crash.

Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou said the country would lose $280 million a month from a Russian Federation and United Kingdom flight ban.

While no official investigation has confirmed the militants’ claim of responsibility, several countries have cancelled flights to Sham El-Sheikh and announced new precautions.

Rosaviatsia declined to comment on the matter but the Russian media claimed the move is meant to ensure that safety requirements are satisfied, while the Russian ambassador to Cairo said it is for “temporary security measures“. “I never saw it as empty as it is now”, said El-Sawy, adding that Sharm El-Sheikh had always been full of Russians.

But the last of these flights will depart on Tuesday and the Government has issued a warning that holidaymakers who want to remain in the Red Sea resort after this date will have to make alternative arrangements.

Western officials say there is a strong possibility that a bomb exploded on the plane, but Russian Federation and Egypt say it is too early to draw conclusions.

Tez Tour Kazakhstan, one of Kazakhstan’s leading tourist companies, said in a statement to its clients that tourist flights to Egypt had been stopped on November 12 by an order from the Central Asian nation’s Civil Aviation Committee. “But we will feel safer if we left”, they said.

Tourism minister Hisham Zaazou revealed on Friday evening that Egypt and Russian Federation are communicating to solve the “crisis” following the halting of EgyptAir flights to Moscow. “We always felt like it is their city”, he said.