Ural Airlines aircraft CAIRO, Mar 6The plane of the Ural Airlines with Russian tourists on board could not take off from the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh due to the appeal to the Egyptian aviation authorities by a foreign lessor, sources familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti. U6 1886 was supposed to take off on Saturday for Moscow's Domodedovo airport. Its route ran over the territory of Cyprus. «The lessor applied to the Egyptian aviation authorities to stop this plane, and Eurocontrol (European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation) does not issue permission to fly over its zone so that they return,» the source said to RIA Novosti .According to him, earlier on Saturday, two other Ural Airlines planes returned safely to Russia from Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea. Their route also ran through the territory of Cyprus. The interlocutor of the agency noted that other routes are now being coordinated, «however, this may take time.» According to another source familiar with the situation, tourists who could not fly to Russia were returned to hotels.
Montenegro closed the sky for Russian aircraft Earlier, Ural Airlines announced that it was canceling flights to Egypt from March 14 to May 20. From March 5 to March 13, flights will be operated with one-way loading only for the export of passengers from this country. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to requests from the Donbass republics, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. There are casualties on both sides. After that, Western countries announced new sanctions, the main restrictions are on Russian banks. Dozens of the largest companies left the Russian market. The European Union, the United States and other countries closed the skies for Russian airlines. On Saturday, the Federal Air Transport Agency recommended that Russian airlines with aircraft in foreign registries suspend flights abroad from March 6, and from abroad from March 8 due to the risk of arrests and detentions of aircraft. The agency advised Russians to use commercial flights of foreign companies to fly to third countries that did not restrict air traffic with Russia. You can return back by flights of Russian or foreign carriers, for example, through Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, UAE, Turkey, Serbia. Another way is to combine flights with ground transportation. The Federal Air Transport Agency stressed that flights within the country continue without restrictions.
