Russia resumes charter flights with Egypt's resorts on the Red Sea

Today, Tuesday, charter flights resumed from Russia to the resorts of Egypt on the Red Sea, after being suspended for years after the crash of a Russian passenger plane over Sinai due to a terrorist act.

And regular flights resumed today with the resorts of Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, which will contribute to increasing the flow of tourists from Russia to Egypt.

The Federation of Tour Operators said that with the resumption of charter flights, the price of a tourist trip from Russia to Egypt decreased by 20%, and officials in the Russian tourism sector indicated that the price of a tourist trip for a week by charter flight now ranges from 15 thousand to 26 thousand rubles.

In addition to the resumption of irregular flights with Egypt, flights from Russia to Thailand, Tunisia, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Iran, Oman, Slovenia and the Bahamas were resumed today.

On August 9 of this year, regular flights from Russia to Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada were resumed.

This came after Moscow and Cairo agreed in April of this year to fully resume air traffic between the two countries, including with Egyptian resorts.

The resumption of flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts will contribute to boosting tourism in Egypt. Prior to the suspension of flights, Russia was a major source of tourism in Egypt, which generates billions of dollars for the Egyptian treasury.

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