International Response

Egyptian airline cancels flight to Israel

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-13 16:36

CAIRO, July 13 - Air Sinai, the only Egyptian airline which flies to Israel, cancelled its flight to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning after Israel launched attacks in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

The flight was due to take off at 9.45 a.m. with 50 passengers but the airline sent them home at the last minute, airport sources said.

A manager at Air Sinai, a wholly owned subsidiary of state carrier EgyptAir, said the decision to cancel the flight came as a surprise and he was trying to find out the reason.

EgyptAir and the Lebanese airline Middle East Airways also cancelled their flights between Cairo and Beirut on Thursday because of the Israeli attack on Beirut airport.