Egypt resumes air flights to Israel
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/15/2002

An Egyptian official said on Sunday that the Egyptian Sinai airlines resumed on Sunday its flights to Tel Aviv after it had announced last week the suspension of its flights to Israel.

The official at the Egyptian Airline company which owns the Sinai company said that Air Sinai plane took off on Sunday evening for Tel Aviv with 23 passengers on its board. The official added that the suspension of the previous flights was for trade reasons rather than political ones, and not at the request of the Egyptian pilots.

Last Friday an official in Sinai air said that flights to Israel were suspended in response to people's calls in order to limit contacts with Israel and also because of the less demands To travel to Israel.

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