The Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation objected to British Airways' decision to suspend flights to Cairo airport for a week, without referring to the Egyptian authorities concerned. The objection of Minister Younis Al-Masri during his meeting with British Ambassador to Egypt Jeffrey Adams on Sunday, Light decision of the British company.
The Egyptian aviation minister said in a statement that he expressed his dissatisfaction with British Airways taking a unilateral decision that affects the security of Egyptian airports without referring to the competent Egyptian authorities.
The statement pointed out that Adams apologized to the Egyptian Minister of Aviation for not informing the Egyptian authorities prior to the issuance of this decision, and Adams, according to the statement that the decision to suspend flights to the British company is not related to the security measures of Egyptian airports, especially in light of the development of the security system for all Egyptian airports With the testimony of the international traffic committees, including the British Traffic Commission, and the two officials stressed the continuation of joint efforts and work together to resolve this problem as soon as possible.
British Airways announced yesterday that it would suspend its flights to the Egyptian capital for a week following a security review and said in a statement: "We periodically review the security arrangements at all airports in the world. In order to allow for further assessments. "