Ukraine Invasion: EgyptAir Set To Resume Daily Flights To Russia

EgyptAir announced on Tuesday that it is resuming daily flights from Cairo to Russia's Domodedovo airport on Friday.

This is after resolving outstanding issues related to insurance with Russia.

The Anadolu News Agency reported that last February, EgyptAir halted flights to Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, without giving an explanation.

In March, Egypt's Shorouk newspaper quoted an informed source in EgyptAir as saying that the decision to temporarily suspend flights came after the European insurance company cooperating with the company decided to ban dealing with Russia as a result of economic sanctions imposed over its war on Ukraine.

And on Tuesday, Egypt's official Gazette published a presidential decision allowing the Egyptian Ministry of Finance to act as a guarantor for the insurance of EgyptAir's aircrafts.

Last week, the Egyptian parliament approved a law that allows the finance minister to provide EgyptAir with an insurance guarantee covering risks including wars or hijacking that flights to Russia might face.

The guarantee shall be valid for a period of two years or until the necessary insurance coverage is available.