Lufthansa’s Eurowings and Edelweiss suspend flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh

German airline group Lufthansa said its affiliates; Eurowings and Edelweiss are halting flights to Egypt’s Sharm al-Sheikh for the time being as a precautionary measure given the situation in Sinai.

Britain said Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner that killed 224 people in the Sinai Peninsula and banned flights to and from Sharm al-Sheikh while airport security measures are improved.

Lufthansa said that Edelweiss and Eurowings, its newly expanded low-cost carrier, had been planning to fly to Sharm twice a week. It will now work with the foreign office and tour operators on bringing passengers back from Sharm al-Sheikh.

Source: Reuters