The first Thomas Cook flight from Hurghada to Bristol took off on Monday with over 200 passengers on board, according to the UK embassy in Cairo. “We have increased the number of seats on sale to Egypt by 14 per cent across the UK this year, flying to both Hurghada and Marsa Alam,” said the company’s Chief Airlines Officer Christoph Debus. Thomas Cook had announced last week that it had sold 89% more holidays packages to Egypt so far this year compared to 2017.

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