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Officials had already banned domestic airlines from flying to anywhere in Egypt over concerns a bomb may have downed the Russian airliner that crashed shortly after taking off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh two weeks ago.
In remarks for Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Ammari said that the decision made by a number of European countries to cancel their flights to Sharm El-Sheikh will negatively impact tourism not only in the Red Sea resort, but in all of Egypt. It will be operating a flight on Saturday, November 14 with “extra” security measures.
Customers stranded in Egypt have slowly returned home on repatriation flights, which have travelled with hand luggage only due to the perceived security risk.
The crash alone was enough to damage Egypt’s economy, he said, but the flight cancellations are the death knell. “Roughly three million Russian tourists came to Egypt in 2014, almost a third of all visitors, with most heading to the resorts in the southern Sinai Peninsula or its opposite coast, far off from an insurgency being fought by Islamic militants against the army further north”. “If you make them suffer they could do anything”, the governor said.
In a statement, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said, ISIS warlord noticed the presence of the police.
Like other Egyptian officials, he refused to say if he believed the Russian plane had been brought down by a bomb and said the West should wait for the findings of the Egyptian-led investigation.
British sun-seekers longing for Sharm el-Sheikh will face another delay, it was announced by Monarch Airlines on Friday.
“We are willing to report anything that we know because the airport is where”, he said.
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“Some countries and Western media have created this unusual atmosphere… in that we were surprised by this quick and fierce media campaign pointing to a terrorist act without proof”, Kamal said.
