British travel agency Thomas Cook has announced an extension on its cancellation of all flights and holiday packages from the United Kingdom to Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El Sheikh up to and including March 23, 2016. Days after a Russian passenger plane crashed over Egypt’s Sinai, killing all 224 onboard, the British government suspended flights between the UK and Sharm El Sheikh due to the “strong possibility” that the plane was brought down by a bomb. Despite Russian officials claiming the plane was brought down by a bomb, Egyptian investigators have said there is no evidence so far of terrorism linked to the crash. Thomas Cook’s extension comes weeks after the British Ambassador in Cairo John Casson announced that Egypt and the United Kingdom had “finalized” a “joint action plan” to resume flights between the two countries “as soon as possible.” Casson said that, as the British government was the first to “take precautionary action” towards the situation in Sharm El-Sheikh, it is working to be the first to find a solution. On Tuesday, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou announced the decision to hire a British consultancy firm to review security…
British Travel Agency Extends Ban on Flights to Sharm El Sheikh Until March
December 24, 2015
