Last Friday, as Ahram Online reports, the first scheduled Ukrainian International Airlines flight from Kyiv arrived in Egypt after a two-year suspension. Flights were suspended following the crash of a Russian airliner over Sinai in October. 2015.
According to the publication's sources at Cairo International Airport, there were 186 tourists on board the Ukrainian airline's plane that landed in Cairo.
According to a source at the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Ukrainian national airline will initially operate four flights to Egypt each week, and will subsequently increase the number.
According to the source, each aircraft is designed to accommodate 188 passengers, and larger aircraft will begin operating at a later stage of flight program restoration.
Meanwhile, charter flights from Ukraine to Egyptian cities were not suspended. In 2017, approximately one million Ukrainians visited Egypt, an increase of 851,000,000 compared to 2016.
As for Russia, regular flights from Moscow to Cairo and back will begin on April 11. Flights to Egyptian resorts remain an open question.
Source: trn-news.ru
