(supersedes previous)British
budget airline EasyJet said Thursday it will resume flights from
Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday in order to bring back passengers who
got stranded in the Egyptian resort after flights there and back
were suspended on government orders.
There will be a total of 10 flights tomorrow, including one
to Milan's Malpensa airport bringing back 180 passengers who
were supposed to fly home tonight, British media reported.
Easyjet earlier cancelled its scheduled flights from Milan
Malpensa to Sharm El Sheikh on Egypt's Sinai peninsula following
Saturday's Russian plane crash in which 224 people were killed.
The decision came after the British and Irish governments
ordered the suspension of all flights to and from the Red Sea
holiday resort amid conjecture that the plane might have been
brought down by a bomb smuggled on board in hand luggage at
Sharm El Sheikh airport.
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