{"id":597303,"date":"2019-07-22T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/07\/22\/airport-security-in-egypt-not-reason-behind-british-airways-suspension\/"},"modified":"2019-07-22T03:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:44:00","slug":"airport-security-in-egypt-not-reason-behind-british-airways-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/07\/22\/airport-security-in-egypt-not-reason-behind-british-airways-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport security in Egypt not reason behind British Airways suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-04\"><\/a> <b>British Airways\u2019 seven-day suspension of flights to Cairo is not related to security measures at Egyptian airports<\/b>, British ambassador to Egypt Geoffrey Adams told Civil Aviation Minister Younes El Masry yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moca123\/photos\/a.140709062666125\/2786455534758118\/?type=3&theater\">according to a ministry statement<\/a>. Adams\u2019 statements, which provided no further clarification, came after El Masry expressed his dismay over the decision being taken \u201cabruptly and unilaterally\u201d without prior coordination with Egyptian authorities. The flight operator justified its Saturday decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/07\/21\/british-airways-lufthansa-abruptly-suspend-flights-to-egypts-capital\/\">suspend flights<\/a> was justified \u201cas a security precaution.\u201d Germany\u2019s Lufthansa also suspended its flights to Cairo from Munich and Frankfurt for a day, but returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/lufthansa-resumes-flights-to-cairo-after-safety-suspension\/a-49678861\">business as usual yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>In fact, security at Egyptian airports is \u201cat 100% efficacy,\u201d<\/b> British Airways\u2019 North Africa regional manager Sherif Barsoum said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynewsarabia.com\/middle-east\/1269588-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9\">according to Sky News<\/a>. \u201cThis is just a routine assessment\u201d of security provisions on the company\u2019s flights, Barsoum said. He reiterated that the move was not imposed by the British government.<\/p>\n<p><b>It\u2019s also not a political issue<\/b>,an official from the British Embassy told Enterprise and other reporters. The decision was taken \u201cby British Airways for the reasons set out in its statement,\u201d he added. \u201cThere is no link to any recent assessment [of Egyptian airport security].\u201d The UK and Egypt are international partners on aviation security, and \u201cour latest travel advice does not advise against travel to or from Cairo airport,\u201d the official said. The UK is \u201cin close contact with relevant Egypt authorities and will continue to provide support as they work with British Airways on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>And it\u2019s not the Algerian Afcon fans\u2019 airport riots, either:<\/b> Speculation was rife on social media yesterday with suggestions that the suspension is related to delayed flights to Algeria from Cairo Airport. The delay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1414258\">stirred riots<\/a> by a crowd of Algerian fans in the airport\u2019s halls early Sunday. Civil Aviation Authority head Sameh El Hefny has, however, denied the correlation <a href=\"https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/sport\/article\/2019\/07\/21\/algeria-fans-british-airways-cairo-airport\">in statements to CNN Arabic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>As British Airways refuses to back down, none else followed suit:<\/b> Air France, Emirates, and Etihad Airways are continuing to operate flights to Cairo as normal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-air-france-klm\/air-france-emirates-maintain-cairo-flights-after-british-air-suspension-idUSKCN1UG0BI\">Reuters reports<\/a>. Tour operator Thomas Cook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/whats-on\/travel-tourism\/thomas-cook-monitoring-egypt-security-16622593\">also said<\/a> the decision will not affect its weekly New Castle-Hurghada flights. Russia\u2019s Aeroflot subsidiary Pobeda, meanwhile, is bucking the trend altogether and planning to launch new flights to a number of Egyptian cities, pending approval from Egyptian authorities, company CEO Andrey Kalmykov said, <a href=\"https:\/\/arabic.sputniknews.com\/russia\/201907211042412159-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1\/\">according to Sputnik Arabic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways\u2019 seven-day suspension of flights to Cairo is not related to security measures at Egyptian airports, British ambassador to Egypt Geoffrey Adams told Civil Aviation Minister Younes El Masry yesterday, according to a ministry statement. 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