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First charter flights to Sharm El-Sheikh from Sibiu Airport to take off in April
For the first time, charter flights to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, will take off from the Sibiu International Airport this April, according to a press statement released by the airport on Thursday. The flights that will be operated in partnership with the Cocktail Holidays tour operator and EgyptAir will depart every Saturday, between April 3 - May 8, 2021.
Egypt says plane hijacker extradited from Cyprus
Egypt's chief prosecutor says Cyprus has extradited the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane that was diverted to the Mediterranean island in 2016.
Prosecutor Nabil Sadek said late Saturday that Egyptian police have taken custody of Seif Eddin Mustafa in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.
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Cyprus extradites Egyptian hijacker who dropped legal fight
An Egyptian man who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight in 2016 and ordered it to land in Cyprus has been extradited to his homeland after giving up a drawn-out legal fight, authorities said Sunday.
Int'l carriers to halt flights to Iraqi Kurdistan after Baghdad move
A number of international carriers have announced they would halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish region this week at the request of Baghdad, including Lebanese and Egyptian national carriers.
Turkish Airlines has announced its flights would continue for now, as any formal request was not delivered to the company yet from Iraqi authorities.
UK notifies Turkish officials it will lift electronics ban on flights from Turkey
The U.K. has informed Turkish officials that it would lift the electronics ban on flights from Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 20, citing diplomatic sources.
The sources said that Alan Duncan, Britain's minister for Europe and Foreign Minister Boris Johnson both called Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to tell him the ban was being lifted.
Trump closes “door” to Muslims from 7 countries
Five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York on Saturday after President Donald Trump halted the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, sources at Cairo airport said.
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Ship detects signals from crashed EgyptAir plane's black box
A French ship searching the Mediterranean has detected black box signals from a missing EgyptAir flight in the waters between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast, a development that could help solve the mystery of why the aircraft crashed into the sea last month, killing all 66 on board.
Greek Cyprus court orders Egyptian hijack suspect held for 8 days
The man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and forcing it to land in Greek Cyprus was remanded into police custody for eight days during his first court appearance on March 30.
The guy that took a sefie with EgyptAir plane hijacker explains why he did it! (photos)
While the whole world was holding its breath and hoping for a bloodless outcome of the EgyptAir MS181 plane hijacking in Cyprus, one British passenger on board the plane seemed unfazed from all the hype and was taking a selfie with 59-year old eif Eldin Mustafa!
Hijacking of EgyptAir Plane Due to Personal Motives, Not Terror Attack
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades ruled out that the hijacking of the EgyptAir plane on Tuesday constituted a terrorist attack, saying that the hijacker seemed to have personal motives.
Instead of conducting the scheduled domestic flight MS181 between Alexandria and Cairo, the Airbus A320 landed at the airport in Larnaca after being hijacked and forced to divert to Cyprus.