Families of Metrojet flight A321 victims sue for EUR 1.38 bn

Families of the victims of Metrojet flight A321 have filed a collective EUR 1.38 bn-equivalent lawsuit in Moscow against insurance companies Ingosstrakh and Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty, travel company Brisco, Russian air carrier Kogalymavia (operating under the brand Metrojet) and leasing company AerCap, TASS reports. The 149 plaintiffs filed what is Russia’s first-ever collective lawsuit demanding a compensation from the insurance company Ingosstrakh. RAPSI lists the plaintiffs as 118 and says the lawsuit has not been processed yet.

On a related note, Sharm El Sheikh has lost USD 4 bn in tourism revenues since the Metrojet bombing in 2015, South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda said on Saturday at a meeting with a delegation from several German tourist magazines, according to Al Masry Al Youm.