Egypt plane crash: Easyjet cancels more Sharm el-Sheikh flights

Easyjet has now cancelled all flights between the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and the UK until 6 January, the BBC reports. 

The airline, along with other carriers, had cancelled all outbound flights to Sharm el-Sheikh up to this week.

Easyjet said the latest move was to provide some certainty to passengers travelling over the Christmas period.

Flights were halted after the UK government said the Sinai plane crash, which killed 224 people on 31 October, may have been caused by a bomb.

Easyjet said customers on affected flights could go to another destination, receive a full refund or get a flight voucher for future travel.

People wanting to travel back to the UK have been asked to contact the airline's customer service team.

Easyjet said on its website: "We are sorry for the inconvenience this will obviously cause, but we hope that being clear with all our customers at this point helps you to manage your plans with more certainty.

"The situation is beyond our control and passenger safety will always be our number one priority."

Last week British Airways announced that outbound flights from the UK to Sharm el-Sheikh would be cancelled until 17 December.

The airline said it would keep the situation under review and give customers as much notice as possible.

Monarch has said its flights from the UK to Sharm el-Sheikh will be cancelled until 19 December.

Thomson has cancelled all flights to Sharm el-Sheikh until 9 December, and Thomas Cook until 10 December.

The Foreign Office, which advises against all but essential air travel to or from Sharm el-Sheikh, says there are currently no UK airlines operating flights to the resort.

Regular flights between the UK and Sharm el-Sheikh were were suspended on 4 November.

Special security measures for flights returning to the UK, such as transporting hold baggage on separate planes, were put in place up to 17 November.

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