Flights from London to Sharm El Sheikh

Mostly empty sunbeds in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh final November (AFP)

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British Airways features launched intends to abandon all flights towards the popular Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh "indefinitely".

The announcement by BA on Tuesday delivers another blow to Egypt's traumatised tourist industry, after the UNITED KINGDOM instructed air carriers to suspend all routes from the UK to Sharm El-Sheikh just last year.

It comes a-day after reports surfaced that a lot of other UK airlines, including EasyJet plus Monarch that has flown on resort, were eyeing to resume flights later this year. It's ambiguous in the event that BA choice will effect on the wider industry.

The original trip ban was imposed following the crash of a Metrojet Airbus A320 into the Sinai wilderness, which has been blamed on the Islamic State group. The jet crashed right after take-off from the Red water resort, killing all 244 people and staff from the charter flight to St Petersburg.

The united kingdom ban on routes into resort happens to be kept set up ever since, though it is anticipated is removed prior to the end of the season. The Egyptian federal government has actually spent tens of huge amount of money boosting safety at airports around the world, but it is unclear if it'll be adequate to regain self-confidence.

Before the Metrojet tragedy, business ended up being down plus the number of visitors anaemic because of the continuous governmental turbulence rocking the nation therefore the region.

Tuesday's announcement comes as a shock, with reports in Egyptian press earlier this thirty days indicating that BA might resume routes since September.

In a declaration to Sky News on Tuesday, BA said: "The safety and security of our customers can be our main priority and now we have suspended our routes to Gatwick and Sharm El-Sheikh indefinitely. Clients just who hold bookings on any cancelled solutions for coming winter season can claim a complete reimbursement or may use the money to pay for a unique reservation with us for an alternate location."