One of Egypt's largest airlines will reduce the transportation of Russians due to sanctions

One of Egypt's largest airlines, AlMasria Universal Airlines, will reduce its flight schedule from Russia to the resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada and back by almost a third, the Russian propaganda publication Izvestia reports, citing a source in the company, reports epravda.com.ua.

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According to him, before the start of the tourist season, 50% of flights for the tour operator Anex Tour, 37% for Fun & Sun, and 21% for Coral Travel will be canceled.

It is expected that these flights will be redistributed between Russian carriers Azur, Ural Airlines and Red Wings, as well as Egyptian carriers Egypt Air, Air Cairo and Red Sea Airlines.

The source cited secondary sanctions from the European Union as the reason for the schedule revision, which limited the company's ability to purchase aircraft.

Thus, AlMasria allocated about $100 million to purchase two Airbus A321s and two A330s for operation in the Russian market.

"After transferring one of the payments, the money was held in a deposit account because the Egyptian airline was criticized for working with the Russian Federation. Therefore, only two aircraft were put into operation, and even then with a delay of more than 65 days," the source of the Russian publication said.

Also, according to him, the decision to reduce flights to Russia was influenced by the threat to flight safety due to drone attacks and regular delays in flight departures.

Rosaviatsia confirmed that AlMasria has decided to reduce the number of its flights to Russia.

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