Following UK, France Sends First Charter to Sharm El-Sheikh
Arab World
Asharq Al-Awsat
France made its first direct flight to Sharm El-Sheikh's International Airport on Saturday after several years of hiatus. The flight, with 137 passengers on board, flew from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. This came days after Sharm El-Sheikh also received the first direct flight from UK since 2015, two months after the British government lifted a ban on flights to the Red Sea resort town. Commercial flights to Sharm El-Sheikh were banned in 2015, soon after a Russian Metrojet airliner that had departed from Sharm el-Sheikh was brought down killing all 224 passengers on board. Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed into the Sinai peninsula shortly after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashaat said earlier that Egyptian authorities have led consistent efforts in order to place the country back on the tourism map. For his part, Amr Sedki, head of the Egyptian parliament's tourism and aviation committee said the resumption of direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh is a testimony to the security and stability of Egypt.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2047031/following-uk-france-sends-first-charter-sharm-el-sheikh
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