Egyptian national carrier EgyptAir sent its first flight from Cairo to Moscow Thursday morning (April 12th) after a more than two-year hiatus following the October 2015 deadly crash of a Russian tourist jet over the Sinai Peninsula, Ahram Online reported.
A spokesman for the company said EgyptAir will be operating Airbus A320 flights to the Russian capital three times a week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.
Late on Wednesday, an Aeroflot plane arrived in Cairo from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, in the first step towards resuming direct flights between the two countries.
The two countries have yet to resume charter flights from Russia to the Red Sea resort cities of Hurghada and Sharm al-Sheikh, popular destinations for Russian tourists.
This means Russian tourists aiming to visit the Red Sea will still have to transfer in Cairo to reach the resort cities.
