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05.05.2016

Egypt Implements All Security Measures at airports

"Currently we have adjusted all our security measures at airports, and we have ensured the safety now is more than 99%. We did all, that was possible to do. We need to, starting tomorrow, airplanes and tourists back to Egypt", — said Mohamed El-Keshky, answering the Agency's question about flights between…

04.05.2016

EgyptAir opened the sale of tickets from Cairo to Moscow starting from November 2016

Tickets for the flight Cairo - Moscow - Cairo starting from from November 12, 2016 can be bought on EgyptAir airline's website. Airport of arrival is named Domodedovo. Flight from Cairo to Moscow and back, according to the site, will cost 28.5 thousand rubles (about 430 US dollars).

11.04.2016

Russian experts to arrive in Egypt next week to negotiate aviation safety issues

The next visit of the Russian experts to Sharm el-Sheikh airport on air safety issues will take place in the coming week, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told representatives of the United Russia faction in the State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament). "In April, even in the coming…

07.04.2016

Turkey, Egypt will not be reopened for Russian tourists in 2016 — tourism watchdog

Turkey and Egypt will not be reopened for Russian tourists this year, according to deputy head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism Roman Skory. "Turkey will not be reopened this year for sure, and the latest events in Egypt showed that Egypt will most likely not be reopened either," Skory said Thursday.…

30.03.2016

Plane hijack to throw Egypt’s tourism industry back to zero — experts

The recent hijack of an EgyptAir passenger plane may have an extremely negative impact on Egypt’s tourism sector and throw it back to zero, Elhamy El-Zayat, the head of Egypt's Federation of Tourism, said on Wednesday. "The incident is a unique message to foreign countries that security at Egyptian airports…

29.03.2016

Kremlin: Too early to say when air links with Egypt may resume after A320 highjack

The Kremlin advises one and all to refrain from any conclusions regarding the resumption of Russia’s air links with Egypt before all circumstances of Tuesday’s plane highjack have been cleared up, As Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, making any conclusions about the possibility of…

23.03.2016

Morocco plans to increase the flow of tourists from Russia to 300 thousand people in three years

Morocco plans to increase the number of Russian tourists visiting the country, up to 200-300 thousand in the next three years, the general director of the National Office of Tourism of Morocco Zuiten Abderrafie told. "We know that Morocco is not a mass destination for Russians. But according to statistics,…

17.03.2016

Russia and Egypt agree to resume air links — FM

Russia and Egypt have agreed to address the issue of resuming air links within the tightest deadlines possible on the condition security measures are observed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting with his visiting Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday. "We touched upon…

14.03.2016

Tour operators expect the resumption of flights to Egypt in the summer

Russian tourists could return to Egypt in the summer of this year, the general director of Intourist Victor Topolkaraev said at a press conference on Wednesday. "We believe that Egypt will be opened by the summer and will be the largest summer destination. Up to 200 thousand people can go there in the…

13.03.2016

Russian Foreign Office advised to refrain visiting high-risk areas in Tunisia

In light of the situation prevailing now in Tunisia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia advised Russian citizens who are now in Tunisia to exercise vigilance and refrain from visiting high-risk areas, including those where the Tunisian authorities are conducting counter terrorist operations.…

09.03.2016

Egyptian foreign minister plans to visit Russia on March 16 — source

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Russia on March 16, a diplomatic source told TASS on Thursday on the sidelines of the Valdai discussion cub. "The date has been set for talks with the Russian side - March 16," the source said. Egyptian Ambassador to Moscow Mohamed al-Badri previously…

13.02.2016

Egypt hopes to resume flight to Russia soon — ambassador

"Russian-Egyptian relations are developing rather fast in all spheres except tourism," Al-Badri told a roundtable on Russian-Egyptian cooperation in different spheres. "You know the reason. We are working on this issue and trying to find a solution that will suit both sides. I hope that air travel (to…

27.01.2016

Russian, Egyptian lawmakers discuss resumption of flights between two countries

The development of tourism between Russia and Egypt and the resumption of flights between the two countries were among the issues discussed during the talks of Russian State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin with Egyptian parliamentarians, speaker of Egypt’s House of Representatives (parliament) Ali Abdel…

26.01.2016

Duma speaker: Russia, Egypt interested in restoring tourism relations and resuming flights

Russia and Egypt are interested in restoring tourism relations and resuming flights, Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin told reporters on Monday. "We are, of course, interested in fully restoring economic relations, including tourism and flights between our countries," Naryshkin, who will lead…

02.12.2015

Egyptian ambassador to Russia hopeful Russian aircraft flights to Egypt will be resumed

Egypt's ambassador to Russia Mohammed Al-Badri has expressed hope that flights to Russian aircraft to Egypt will be resumed. He was speaking at a news conference on Tuesday. The diplomat reiterated his deep condolences "on behalf of the Egyptians, Egypt’s leadership, the government to the Russian society,…

25.11.2015

Nearly 90,000 Russians leave Egypt since suspension of air communication

Almost 90,000 Russians have left Egypt since flights to Egypt were suspended, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS. The Federal Tourism Agency earlier said the program of getting Russian tourists vacationing on Egyptian resorts out of the country had been completed, adding…

24.11.2015

Aeroflot suspends air service with Egypt from December 1, 2015 to March 27, 2016

Russian top airline Aeroflot suspends flights to and from Egypt from December 1, 2015 to March 27, 2016, the company’s press service reported on Friday. "Given the ban by Rosaviatsia (Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency — TASS) on passenger flights to Egypt since November 6, 2015 Aeroflot has been…

24.11.2015

Russia may ban flights to other countries after Egypt terror attack — PM

After banning flights to Egypt, Russia may impose similar restrictions on other countries, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. "I cannot rule out that in certain conditions, we will have to consider these issues regarding other destinations and other countries but I hope this will not happen,"…

11.11.2015

Russian tour operators already lost $10 million since Egypt flight suspension

Russian tour operators have already lost $10 million since Egypt flights were suspended on Friday, November 6, the Association of Russian Tour Operators vice president Dmitry Gorin told Russian News Service radio station on Monday. "Tour operators are in a very difficult situation now. Apart from paying…