Saturday, August 20, 2016

Ministry of Transport described the procedure for a possible resumption of charter flights to Egypt – RBC

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Charter flights from Russia to Egypt intend to resume not at all airports and in one – upon reaching the necessary level of safety. This was announced by Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, reports TASS.

«Upon reaching the level of safety in each airport (Egypt), we will raise the issue in front of the country’s leadership about the possibility of the resumption of charter flights are not at all once the airports, and to what extent -That one of them “, – said the minister

He said that first of all the issue of the resumption of charter message depends on Egypt.. Sokolov said that Russia cooperates with the Egyptian aviation authorities to achieve aviation safety and counter-terrorism security at airports in Egypt.

According to Sokolov, talk about the resumption of charter and regular flights is possible only when all the activities will be performed at airports. The head of the Russian agency said that a set of measures differ in each airport.

Air traffic between Russia and Egypt was discontinued after the crash “Kogalymavia” over the Sinai Peninsula 31 October 2015. On board the A321, which was flying from St. Petersburg to Sharm el-Sheikh, there was a terrorist attack, which killed 224 people.

In July, Sokolov said that Russian specialists came 17 remarks to security in airports in Egypt. Then the minister said that after the removal of these remarks Russia will send a delegation to Egypt.

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