Russia and Egypt are to resume direct flights on Wednesday (April 11th) following a more than two-year hiatus after a bomb downed a Russian charter over the Sinai peninsula in 2015, AFP reported.
Moscow officials stopped direct flights citing security concerns after the attack, in a major blow for the Egyptian economy, which relies heavily on tourism and had been a popular destination for Russians.
On Wednesday evening an Aeroflot plane is due to take off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport to Cairo, in a first step towards restoring flights to holiday destinations on the Red Sea.
On Thursday, Egyptair will restart its service between the two capitals, and the two companies will together carry out five return flights between Moscow and Cairo a week.
Flights were suspended at the end of 2015 after a bomb downed a flight from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, killing all 224 people on board, mostly Russian tourists.
The attack was claimed by the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS).
Eight Russian experts will be sent to Cairo airport to check security measures are being enforced on flights towards Moscow, according to Ahram Online.
