Government lifts ban on flights to Sharm el Sheikh – when will our airlines return?

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British holidaymakers will soon be able to return to Sharm el Sheikh after the Foreign Office lifted its long-standing restrictions on air travel to the popular Red Sea resort.

The British Government said improvements in security procedures at Sharm el Sheikh Airport and close cooperation between the UK and Egypt on aviation safety means commercial airlines can now operate routes to and from the destination. 

Among the adjustments are believed to be X-ray scanners and a vast wall built earlier this year around the airport complex. 

A ban has been imposed on air travel to the tip of the Sinai peninsula since 2015 in the wake of the suspicious crash of a St Petersburg-bound flight shortly after…

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