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Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the resumption of regular Russian airline flights to the Egyptian capital of Cairo after over two years of a hiatus caused by security concerns.<\/p>\n
The Russian government published a document on its website on Thursday announcing that President Putin\u2019s clearance for flights is due to take effect from January 2, although it gave no timeline for the actual resumption of the service, presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n
In November 2015, Russia banned air traffic with Egypt following an explosion on a Russian airplane that killed 224 passengers in route from Cairo to Moscow.<\/p>\n
In December 2017, however, Russia\u2019s Minister for Transport Maksim Sokolov and Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy signed an agreement in Moscow to resume regular flights between the Russian and Egyptian capitals, pending Putin\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n
According to Egyptian airport sources, flights would resume first between Cairo and Moscow in February.<\/p>\n
Later in April, negotiations about restoring flights to the Red Sea resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, popular with Russian tourists, will reportedly proceed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe resumption of flights between Russia and Cairo is a very good sign, giving hope that charter flights to the Red Sea resorts will be possible soon,\u201d the head of Russia\u2019s tour operators association, Maya Lomidze, said.<\/p>\n
While Egyptian leaders have often been on good terms with Moscow, the 2015 explosion caused security concerns that Moscow believed could not be overlooked. And Russia\u2019s suspension of flight services dealt a heavy blow to Egypt\u2019s tourism industry, a major source of its hard currency reserves.<\/p>\n
In November, Russia and Egypt drafted a deal under which Russian and Egyptian military aircraft would be allowed to fly in each other\u2019s air space and use one another\u2019s airfields by giving a five-day advance notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the resumption of regular Russian airline flights to the Egyptian capital of Cairo after over two years of a hiatus caused by security concerns. The Russian government published a document on its website on Thursday announcing that President Putin\u2019s clearance for flights is due to take effect from January […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6],"tags":[687,685,686,683,684],"yoast_head":"\n