Turkish Airlines resuming flights to Sharm Al-Sheikh

Turkish Airlines will resume flights next month to Sharm al-Sheikh, nearly a year after they were suspended following the bombing of a Russian jet which took off from the Egyptian resort, the Turkish embassy in Cairo said Wednesday. "Turkish Airlines will be the first of the companies that halted flights after Oct 31, 2015 to resume activities," the embassy said. It said the airline would operate 4 flights a week. British and Russian govts banned their airlines from flying to Sharm al-Sheikh, a popular winter sun destination, because of concerns about security at the airport after the Oct 2015 bombing which killed all 224 people on board. Tourism is a key source of income for Egypt but the number of tourists fell 40% in Q1 of 2016. It is also one of the main sources of foreign currency reserves - which have more than halved since 2011. <br/>