Egypt’s civil aviation ministry reviewing BA suspension of flights to Cairo

An official source at Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation
said the recent decision by British Airways to suspend its flights to Cairo for
a week starting on Saturday was not issued by the British Department for
Transport nor Britain’s Foreign Office.
In a statement published online, an official source from the
Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation said that authorities are coordinating with
the British Embassy in Egypt. The source also said that Egyptian authorities
are currently reviewing British Airways’ decision to suspend its flights to
Cairo.
Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said it will be
increasing the capacity of EgyptAir flights to London in the meantime and that
it is allocating a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner to launch an additional flight
starting on Sunday to London’s Heathrow Airport during this period.
British Airways suspended flights to Cairo for seven days
starting on Saturday as a precaution to allow for an assessment of security
there, the airline said in a statement.
“We constantly review our security arrangements at all our
airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days
as a precaution to allow for further assessment,” the statement said.