Image copyright AFP Russia stops flights to Egypt after such a recommendation made FSB and agreed with it, President Putin . This step is associated with the suspicion that to the collapse of the Russian airliner carrying tourists on October 31 resulted in an explosion on board.
On the need to suspend air traffic with Egypt said on Friday at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov.
“As long as we do not define the real reasons for what happened, I think it appropriate to suspend the flights of Russian aircraft in Egypt. This is especially true of the tourist channel” – said Bortnikov.
President Vladimir Putin, said his spokesman, immediately agreed with the recommendation of the FSB and the NAC and instructed the government to work out mechanisms for implementing these recommendations, including the evacuation of Russian tourists to resorts in Egypt.
According to Tass head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov, currently on holiday in Egypt in the area of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada and other places, there are about 45 thousand Russians.
Bankruptcy Tour Operators
The Ministry of Transport of Russia, according to Interfax has sent in Rosaviation instructed to suspend flights (with passengers on board) Russian airlines in Egypt, And it shall enter into force on the date of receipt.
Return once all funds will mean the automatic bankruptcy of tour operators, and with the largest including
The “Aeroflot” Interfax reported that the company has received an order from the Federal Air Transport Agency of the termination of the flight into Egypt, and have an evening flight to Cairo fly empty to just take out the Russians.
The charter carrier AZUR air, according to the agency, also suspended flights to Egypt. According to the company, the next flights will go to Egypt empty flight back tourists who have tickets for the respective flights.
Tour operator “Biblio-Globus” announced the termination of the sale of vouchers to Egypt from November 6.
According to the representative of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurin, to export from Egypt Russian tourists, whose number is about 50 thousand people may take a month.
The representative of the PCT added that refunds for vouchers all the tourists who do not fly to Egypt, will automatically mean the bankruptcy of tour operators.
“If there will be a formal recommendation of state authorities about the non-attendance of Egypt, tour operators will be obliged to return them to the full cost of the permit. But to do that they can not – companies simply nowhere to take the money, because all means do not add up in one place and work. And return once all funds will mean the automatic bankruptcy of tour operators, both of which the largest, including, “- said Turina.
About 40% of Russian tourists, according to the Federal Tourism Agency, located near the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, and 60% – in the area of Hurghada.
Will be given a rest
The Russian government has set up operational headquarters in Egypt under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. The composition of staff includes representatives of the Federal Security Service, Interior Ministry, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Finance, the Federal Customs Service, Federal Tourism Agency and other agencies.
According to the press service of the government, the headquarters will be engaged primarily return of Russians out of Egypt, and the timing returns will be as close to the date on which purchased tickets – that is, the Russian authorities are going as far as possible to the tourists to relax the entire paid up their time and do not take them ahead of time.
On 31 October the aircraft Airbus A321 of the Russian airline “Kogalymavia” crashed in the Sinai Peninsula. Killing all 224 people aboard.
5 November British Prime Minister David Cameron said that although at the moment there is no certainty that the flight A321 of the Russian airline “Kogalymavia” was blown up, but it seems more likely what happened was this.
As the B-BBC, the British security services believe that the bomb in crashed in the Sinai Russian aircraft A321 could lay before departure from Sharm el-Sheikh.
The concept has changed
The Kremlin has previously urged not to engage in speculation, pushing different versions of the A321 accident. And the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, commented on the decision of the British authorities, “This is a sovereign right of Britain – to fly or not to fly somewhere. Russian planes continue to carry out flights”.
Commenting on the decision of Vladimir Putin to suspend flights to Egypt Peskov said that this does not mean that the basic version of the catastrophe “Kogalymavia” – a terrorist attack. “Of course, still no version can not dominate, because no unambiguous indications in favor of this version” – the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, as it became known, on Friday met the British Ambassador Moscow Tim Barrow with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov.
“The sides discussed topical issues of combating the terrorist threat, including in the context of the investigation of the plane crash A321 airline” Kogalymavia “over the Sinai Peninsula,” – Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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