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09.11.2015

Putin signs temporary ban on passenger flights from Russia to Egypt

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on temporary ban of passenger flights from Russia to Egypt. The text of the decree was posted on the portal of legal information on Sunday. "Russian air companies are temporarily banned from making flights [including commercial] from Russia to Egypt,…

09.11.2015

Source: russian side has no proof of explosion onboard Russian plane that crashed in Egypt

The Russian side so far has no evidence confirming that the crash of the Russian plane in Egypt was caused by an explosion onboard, a source in the Russian mission at the special commission of the Egyptian aviation authorities probing into the crash said on Friday. "Russian specialists will request the…

09.11.2015

Experts search for explosive traces on A321 plane fragments — anti-terrorist committee

The National Anti-Terrorist Committee deems it necessary to stop all Russian flights to Egypt until the causes of the A321 plane crash are established. Russian experts are taking wipe-samples from the plane fragments and passengers’ luggage to trace possible explosives. Russian Defense Minister Sergey…

04.11.2015

Egypt says no comment on causes of Russian plane crash until investigation is over

Egypt’s authorities will not comment on statements on the causes of Saturday’s crash of Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula until the investigation is complete, cabinet spokesman Hossam el-Qawish has said. The international commission consisting of the representatives of Russia, Egypt and Ireland, where…

04.11.2015

Egypt’s president dismisses terror claims for Russian plane crash

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the interview with The Telegraph has dismissed the claims that terrorism is to blame for the Russian passenger plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula over the weekend. The Egyptian leader condemned reports that the jet had been downed by a missile or a bomb as "unfounded…

04.11.2015

Experts suspect metal fatigue, engine failure or blast on board in A321 Egypt plane crash

While the official probe into last weekend’s crash of the Russian A321 passenger jet in the Sinai peninsula proceeds, TASS has polled several experts of authority for their off-the-cuff opinions on what may have caused the disaster. The three most-frequently mentioned likely factors are a bomb planted…

03.11.2015

Experts find components that are not of the crashed A321 airliner — source

Experts working at the scene of the Saturday Sinai crash have found elements that are not components of the crashed A321 airliner, informed sources in Cairo have told TASS. "They have been sent for an expertise," one of the sources said. TASS has no official confirmation of this information at the moment.…

03.11.2015

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism is planning a visit to Moscow to meet with Russian tour operators

Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou has not cancelled his pre-scheduled visit to London for WTM tourism fair, but delayed it to the evening to follow up the updates of the Russian aircraft crash. The Ministry of Tourism is currently coordinating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Egyptian…

03.11.2015

Russian tourists canceling tour packages including Kogalymavia flights

In the wake Saturday morning’s crash of the Russian A321 jet in the Sinai Peninsula en route from Sharm al-Sheikh to St Petersburg, customers of Russian tour companies have been trying to cancel package tours that includes flights by the jets of the Kogalymavia airline, Maya Lomidze, the executive director…

03.11.2015

Flight 9268 air carrier blames A321 crash in Egypt on midair mechanical impact

A senior manager of the Kogalymavia air carrier, whose A321 passenger liner crashed in Egypt last Saturday, has blamed the disaster on major damage caused to the plane’s frame in flight.

"The plane went out of control. It was not flying. It was falling," said Viktor Yung, Kogalymavia’s…

03.11.2015

Ural Airlines stop flights over Sinai Peninsula following A321 crash

The Ural Airlines air carrier has adjusted its flight routes to Sharm el-Sheikh, the company’s press service told TASS on Monday. "All flights are carried out in circumvention of the Sinai Peninsula in connection with the requirements of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation," the…

03.11.2015

Media: Egypt Air’s contract on maintenance of Kogalymavia aircraft expired 3 months ago

A contract of Egypt Air on maintenance service of aircraft belonging to Russian airline company Kogalymavia, which lost its passenger jet in a fatal crash on Saturday in Egypt, expired three months ago, Egypt’s local daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Monday citing an unnamed source in the Egyptian air…

01.11.2015

Kolavia’s A321 plane crashed 100km from Arish in North Sinai. There were 224 tourists onboard.

Kolavia’s A321 plane crashed 100km from Arish in North Sinai. There were 224 tourists onboard, who return from Egypt to Saint Petersburg, among them 63 men, 138 women, and 17 children in age from two to seventeen. The charter plane was organized by Russian tour operator Brisco. Russian passenger plane…

20.08.2015

Russian Foreign Ministry recommends the Russians not to visit Cairo

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirms the recommendation for Russians coming to Egypt as tourists, not to leave the resorts, especially because of the terrorist attack in Cairo on Thursday. "The Russian Foreign Ministry confirms the recommendation of Russians coming to Egypt as tourists do not leave…

11.08.2015

Federal Service of Consumer Rights warned tourists of a cholera epidemic in Kenya

The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare has warned Russian tourists on the cholera outbreak in Kenya, according to the official website of the Ministry. For four months in the African nation of sick 5 thousand people, 98 of them died. In the Kenyan capital…

05.08.2015

Egypt plans to increase the tourists' flow from Russia

The tourists' flow from Russia to Egypt fell by 14%, which is less than the overall decline of the tourists' flow from Russia abroad, the Egyptian ambassador in Russia Mohammed El-Badri said to the journalists on Monday.
"In 2014, Egypt was visited by 3.16 million Russians. Traditionally Russian…

22.07.2015

Egypt expects 4 million Russian tourists in 2015

Last year, Egypt welcomed 3.1 million visitors from Russia earning record-breaking $2.5 billion. According to the country's Minister for Tourism, Mr. Khaled Rami, the Russian market accounted for one third of the total tourist flow to Egypt. In the first quarter of this year, following weakening of…

21.07.2015

Tour operators cancel charter flights to Tunisia because of the double reduction in demand

Russian tour operators cancel part of flights to Tunisia because of falling demand after the terrorist attack in Sousse, the press-secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina reported Interfax-Tourism with reference to the tour operators.

"Within three weeks after…

08.07.2015

Tunisia will compensate 40% of the seats on charter flights to the Russian tour operators

The Government of Tunisia is ready to compensate for Russian tour operators 40% of the seats in charter flights in order to maintain the flow of tourists from Russia, the head of the National Office of Tourism of Tunisia in Russia Mezhid Kahlaui said to journalists. "We are ready to compensate 40%…

07.07.2015

After the attack, the demand for tours to Tunisia fell by 40%

The demand for tours to Tunisia fell by 40%, but the Russian tour companies do not reduce the prices for tour packages, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) informed referring to the tour operators. According to ATOR, after the terrorist attack in Sousse, demand for tours to Tunisia…

Putin signs temporary ban on passenger flights from Russia to Egypt

Source: russian side has no proof of explosion onboard Russian plane that crashed in Egypt

Experts search for explosive traces on A321 plane fragments — anti-terrorist committee

Egypt says no comment on causes of Russian plane crash until investigation is over

Egypt’s president dismisses terror claims for Russian plane crash

Experts suspect metal fatigue, engine failure or blast on board in A321 Egypt plane crash

Experts find components that are not of the crashed A321 airliner — source

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism is planning a visit to Moscow to meet with Russian tour operators

Russian tourists canceling tour packages including Kogalymavia flights

Flight 9268 air carrier blames A321 crash in Egypt on midair mechanical impact

Ural Airlines stop flights over Sinai Peninsula following A321 crash

Media: Egypt Air’s contract on maintenance of Kogalymavia aircraft expired 3 months ago

Kolavia’s A321 plane crashed 100km from Arish in North Sinai. There were 224 tourists onboard.

Russian Foreign Ministry recommends the Russians not to visit Cairo

Federal Service of Consumer Rights warned tourists of a cholera epidemic in Kenya

Egypt plans to increase the tourists' flow from Russia

Egypt expects 4 million Russian tourists in 2015

Tour operators cancel charter flights to Tunisia because of the double reduction in demand

Tunisia will compensate 40% of the seats on charter flights to the Russian tour operators

After the attack, the demand for tours to Tunisia fell by 40%

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