Russia on Thursday scrapped its ban on charter flights to Egypt after a years-long hiatus, the TASS news agency cited a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin as saying.
Flights to resort destinations Sharm al-Sheikh and Hurghada were suspended after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Sinai in October 2015, killing 224 people.
The Metrojet plane had been taking Russian holiday makers home from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in 2015, when it broke up over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all on board. A group affiliated with Islamic State militants claimed responsibility.
(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Peter Graff)
