Russia will lift restrictions on regular and charter flights from its airports to the Egyptian resort cities of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh from November 9, 2021, a representative of the federal coronavirus prevention headquarters told reporters on Thursday.

"[It was decided] to lift restrictions on regular and charter flights from Russian airports, from which international flights have been resumed, to destinations in Egypt - the cities of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh," the official said.

Air traffic between Russia and Egypt was completely interrupted in November 2015 after a plane of Russia’s Kogalymavia airline crashed in Sinai on its way from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. There were 217 passengers and seven crew members on board. All of them were killed in the crash. The Federal Security Service (FSB) qualified the incident as a terrorist attack.