Sharm El-Sheikh Airport security procedures to be finalisedSecurity delegations from the UK, Russia and Germany are set to finalise the renewed security procedures at Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada airports by mid-December to restore trips from the UK to South Sinai before the end of the month, accordin More… |
Kuwait Airways to launch Sharm el-Sheikh flightsKuwait Airways will launch direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh starting on December 1 to support Egypt's tourism sector following a Russian plane crash that killed 224 people, Kuwait's minister of information was quoted as saying. More… |
UK hopes flights could leave Sharm El-Sheikh on FridayBritish Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said on Thursday Britain hoped flights back to the UK from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh could resume on Friday. "We do not expect flights to leave today but we do hope More… |
Egypt urges Germany to ease travel advisoryEgypt is urging Germany to ease its advice against travel to the entire Sinai peninsula after security concerns following the fatal bombing of a tourist bus prompted operators to bring back holidaymakers from the Sharm el-Sheikh Red Sea resort l More… |
Mubarak to be moved to Egypt army hospitalEgypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a military hospital until he is well enough to face interrogation in a corruption investigation, the prosecutor said, as the army rulers seek to show they are serious about putting him on tri More… |
German tourist killed in Egypt shark attackA shark killed a German tourist who had been swimming near the shore at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, days after a string of attacks injured several divers, Egypt health officials said. The body of the 70-year-old woman More… |