Egypt Airport security soon in private hands?

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The Egyptian authorities plan to create a special company to provide security in airports, a member of the parliament’s Culture, Information and Tourism Committee said Thursday.

The Egyptian authorities plan to create a special company to provide security in airports, a member of the parliament’s Culture, Information and Tourism Committee said Thursday.

Egypt airport security is provided by the Interior Ministry, a possibility of opening a new agency is being reviewed as the ministry has frequent staff rotation.


A number of countries, including Russia and the United Kingdom, suspended flights to Egypt over safety concerns after an Airbus A321 crashed en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, killing all 224 people on board after an explosive device detonation.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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