“The airport has received a telegram from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency on the prohibition of Egypt Air’s flights to Russian territory from November 14”, a representative of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport told Russian news agencies.
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The announcement came from Rosavitatsia, the Russian aviation agency, which said the ban would go into effect on Saturday, November 14.
Sharif told the media that the Russians have demanded a Russian language translation of Egypt Air’s operations manual and that the ban would stay in place pending a review of the procedures.
Russia’s aviation authority has banned all flights to the country by Egypt’s state-owned airline EgyptAir, cutting off air links between the two countries. The change follows other flight cancelations and suspensions in the wake of a October 31 crash of a chartered flight bound for St. Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in which all 224 onboard were killed.
The incident prompted Russian Federation to impose restrictions on flights to Egypt, and Britain to Sharm el-Sheikh.
Russia’s biggest airline Aeroflot is not planning to resume flights till March 27 next year at the earliest, according to the company.
Sinai Province, an affiliate of the Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the crash of the Russian airplane. Thousands of holidaymakers were stranded in the area.
“The investigation has not yet arrived to a conclusion on the cause of the incident, and all scenarios are still open”, said Kamal.
The UK Government has been working with airlines for over a week to provide tighter security at the Egyptian airport and allow travellers to fly back safely.
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The Russian government on Friday reportedly suspended the major Egyptian airline, Egypt Air from flying into Russia because of security concerns. “The latest plane crash can make things even worse”.
