More than 20 flights will leave Sharm el-Sheikh amid tight security after UK government said Russian jet was probably downed by bombThousands of British tourists will cruise back from Sharm el-Sheikh without their luggage on Friday,after David Cameron gave the go-ahead for air travel to resume with very tight security restrictions. About 25 flights will engage off from the Egyptian beach resort, clearing a backlog of up to 4000 stranded holidaymakers who had been due to return since the Foreign Office advised against all travel through the airport on Wednesday night.
Flights were allowed to proceed after Downing Street said there had been an agreement with the Egyptian authorities on a “package of additional security measures”, and including empty holds,extra screening on passengers, and checks on their hand luggage. Several airlines confirmed that they would launch “rescue flights”, or including Thomson,Monarch, Easyjet and BA, and which told passengers that the luggage would be sent back by a government agency and returned by courier within the next seven days.
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Source: theguardian.com