Air France, Lufthansa avoid Sinai
- 9 years ago
Two of Europe's largest airlines on Saturday decided to avoid flying over the Sinai Peninsula following the crash of a Russian airliner which the Islamic State claimed to have downed.
German carrier Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have decided to avoid the area for safety reasons, spokeswomen for the carriers said on Saturday, according to the Reuters news agency.
The plane, an Airbus A-321 of the Russian company Metrojet, had left the popular tourism resort of Sharm al-Sheikh and was heading towards St. Petersburg when it went down for as-yet known reasons.
Sinai Province has claimed the majority of the attacks in the Sinai since the 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, including the assassination of a top Egyptian police general and a bus bombing on a tour bus filled with South Korean tourists in the Sinai.
German carrier Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have decided to avoid the area for safety reasons, spokeswomen for the carriers said on Saturday, according to the Reuters news agency.
The plane, an Airbus A-321 of the Russian company Metrojet, had left the popular tourism resort of Sharm al-Sheikh and was heading towards St. Petersburg when it went down for as-yet known reasons.
Sinai Province has claimed the majority of the attacks in the Sinai since the 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, including the assassination of a top Egyptian police general and a bus bombing on a tour bus filled with South Korean tourists in the Sinai.