In the past 24 hours one plane has delivered to the Russian Federation luggage of passengers of 12 flights (U6 3040, IK 1968, N4 5994, R2 5913, R2 3796, N4 5926, Y7 7602, R2 3796, ZF 9728, N4 1924, ZF 9706, R2 5913).

33 flights (including 14 flights of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, 15 flights of the Russian Ministry of Defense and 4 flights of Volga-Dnepr Airlines) have delivered from Egypt almost 760 tonnes of belongings of tourists who left Egypt earlier by 396 transit flights since the moment Russia suspended flights to Egypt.

10 planes are transporting the luggage (9 IL-76 and an An-124) of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Ministry of Defense and Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

1 plane carrying luggage of passengers of 10 flights is expected to arrive today from Hurghada.

The return of luggage from Egypt is under control at the Emergencies Ministry National Crisis Management Center.

All the luggage will be unloaded and sorted out by Vnukovo and Domodedovo airport land services and will stay in storage in special places until it is distributed and transported in regions.

The luggage is distributed at Moscow airports and the transit luggage is transported by regular flights to regions of Russia.

The passengers are going to be informed about the arrival of their luggage by the services of the airport of destination. The tourists should expect being notified by phone or text messages. It is not recommended to claim luggage without notification.

Joint working groups of employees of consulate office of the Russian Embassy in Cairo, Russian Emergencies Ministry and Russian Tourism Agency continue working at the airports in Egypt. Contact phones: + 20 122 255 23 47 (Sharm el-Sheikh), +20 122 071 16 65 (Hurghada), +201111336595 (Cairo).

Tourists are returning from Egypt as scheduled in accordance with tickets purchased previously.

The Russian Transport Ministry is asking the tourists who have returned from Egypt to take their luggage within three days since they were notified by the airport services. If passengers are unable to do that within the said time, all marked luggage will be handed over to the Post of Russia so that it can deliver it to the passenger’s address.

Comprehensive task forces consisting of specialists of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Ministry of Health, psychologists, representatives of tour operators and insurance companies are working in Russian airports that operate flights to Egypt. Passengers arriving at the airports from other regions are provided with everything needed, meals, accommodation in hotels, medical, psychological and informational assistance. Particular attention is being paid to elderly people and passengers with children.