Russia resumed flights to Egyptian Red Sea resorts on Monday, ending a ban that had lasted almost six years following the bombing of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people onboard. The local branch [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s top aviation hubs, has said it was surprised by the ban on laptops in plane cabins bound for the United States because UAE security was already tight, [ More … ]
U.S. ban on electronics could spell massive losses for region’s airlines. They risk losing their premium class traffic by 15-25%: analysts The ban, announced on Tuesday, could see the region’s airlines losing their premium class [ More … ]
Ankara is in talks with Washington seeking the reversal or softening of the new US ban on electronic devices larger than cellphones in the cabin of US-bound flights from 10 airports in Muslim-majority countries, Turkey’s [ More … ]
Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov revealed that Egypt and Russia are about to sign a joint intergovernmental agreement on airport security during the Egyptian civil aviation minister’s visit to Moscow in February. Sokolov said that the [ More … ]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced a shocking news that it has decided to temporarily suspend flights to Cairo effective on 8 January 2017 as a result of “economic reasons”, said Al-Watan, an Egyptian independent newspaper. [ More … ]
Russia has put strict conditions for the resumption of air flights to Egypt. The Civil Aviation Ministry said agreements have been reached with Russia for the flow of tourism from Russia to Egypt’s touristic resorts to [ More … ]
Parallel state military personnel including 5 generals, 29 colonels suspended by Interior Minister – At least 754 army personnel were detained across Turkey on Saturday, according to the country’s Interior ministry. – Parallel state military [ More … ]
Egypt’s tourism sector does not seem to revive in the short term as the number of tourists fell 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016. The British Airways has also extended its suspension of [ More … ]
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