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Russia's Ural Airlines has suspended flights over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and adjusted its flight routes to Sharm el-Sheikh, BBC Russian news service reported referring to the company's press service.
"All flights are carried out in circumvention of the Sinai Peninsula in connection with the requirements of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation," the company's spokesman said.
Earlier, Emirates, Air France and Lufthansa air carriers also decided to avoid flying over the Sinai Peninsula as a precautionary measure.
The Ural Airlines carrier is among the leading Russian airlines in terms of traffic volume.
As UNIAN reported earlier, an A321 passenger jet of Russia's Kogalymavia air carrier (flight 9268) bound to St. Petersburg crashed on October 31 some 30 minutes after the takeoff from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh. The plane was carrying 217 passengers and seven crew members. None of them survived.