British Air Traffic Increases in Hurghada... and Sharm El-Sheikh Receives 50 International and Domestic Flights Yesterday

20 Russian and 9 British flights arrive in Sharm without passengers to return 3,800 tourists

By Akram Medhat, Travel Yalla journalist

Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport yesterday, Tuesday, received 50 international and domestic flights scheduled for the day, among them 4 Ukrainian flights, 3 Saudi flights, one flight each from Kuwait, Tunisia, Georgia, Belarus and Lithuania, and 11 domestic flights, in addition to 20 Russian flights and 9 British flights without passengers to return 3,800 Russian and British tourists.

Meanwhile, Hurghada International Airport saw a marked increase in air traffic from Britain, as 5 British flights arrived yesterday with 1,600 tourists on board, and the same flights departed with 830 tourists on board. This represents an increase in arrivals on British flights to the city, as these flights have seen a gradual increase over the past three days: one flight with 167 tourists on board arrived last Sunday, and 3 flights with 600 tourists on board on Monday.

By noon today, Hurghada airport had also received 22 scheduled international and domestic flights, among them 6 German flights, two Ukrainian flights, one flight each from Turkey and the Czech Republic and 5 domestic flights, carrying 1,650 passengers, in addition to 7 Russian flights, out of a total of 20 scheduled to arrive today without passengers, to fly out Russian tourists whose trip programs have ended.