Britain to resume flights to Sharm al-Sheikh 'as soon as possible'


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Nov 2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - Britain is working "actively and urgently" to resume flights to the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh following the downing of the Russian plane over Sinai last month that killed all 224 people on board, the government said on Thursday.

A delegation of British aviation and counter-terrorism experts has spent the past two days meeting Egyptian authorities in Cairo to work out how best to tighten security and allow flights to and from the Red Sea resort to resume.

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