Passengers wait to check in at Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow for the first flight from Russia to Egypt's Red Sea region in six years. AP
Passengers wait to check in at Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow for the first flight from Russia to Egypt's Red Sea region in six years. AP

MENA

Egypt's Red Sea resorts receive first flights from Russia after 6-year ban is lifted

Russian tourists landed at Hurghada on Monday morning, with more arriving at Sharm El Sheikh in the afternoon

Kamal Tabikha
Kamal Tabikha
Cairo, Egypt

August 09, 2021

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