The agency, Rosaviatsiya, on Friday formally notified Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, where EgyptAir flights arrive, that the ban is effective starting Saturday, said airport spokesman Alexander Vlasov.
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Turkish Airlines had canceled its flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh due to security concerns on November 5, following Russian passenger jet’s crash in the peninsula that killed all 224 people.
“This may involve having to travel with an airline to which extra security measures eg separate baggage flights, don’t apply”.
While hundreds of Russians were leaving Sharm El-Sheikh, other Russians spotted in the city confirmed their plans to continue working in the resort city.
Kamal says the original tape will not be transported out of Egypt, which is leading the investigation alongside representatives from Russian Federation, France, Germany, and Ireland.
The Egyptians are still holding out against that conclusion – in fact, the current trend in Egyptian media is to portray theories of a terrorist bombing as a Western conspiracy to cripple Egypt’s tourism industry and weaken the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
British holidaymakers in Sharm el-Sheikh have been warned they will have to fly home “at their own risk” if they do not return by Tuesday.
Kazakhstan has suspended tourist flights to Egypt, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday, citing the Kazakhstan Tourist Association.
The lack of direct flights is especially hard for those Russians who live in Egypt or own property there.
Moscow said the ban was necessary because of anxieties about security at Egypt’s airports.
Egyptian police have interviewed dozens of airport officials and staff but have so far made no arrests and Mr Fouda said he did not know if detectives had any suspects.
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“If everybody in the world thinks it’s one thing, and they’re saying, ‘Well, I don’t think that’s the thing, ‘ whatever credibility they have, they’re just losing”, he said. “If you have something on your record from 20 years ago they will find it”, he said.
