EgyptAir to resume cargo flights to U.S.A. after 8-year hiatus

Egypt’s national carrier is set to resume cargo flights to the U.S.A. after eight years of suspension, Civil Aviation Commander Mohamed Abbas Helmy said Sunday September 24.
Helmy’s remarks came at the end of a 7-day visit by a delegation from the US Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA) to Cairo International Airport in which they inspected the security procedures used to secure passengers, bags, and goods at the airport, especially EgyptAir flights heading to the US, Ahram Online reports.

William Grinolds, the TSA attaché for government representation, praised the Egyptian side’s “commitment to implementing all security and insurance measures at Cairo International Airport and EgyptAir flights in accordance with the highest levels of international security and safety.”

Grinolds-headed delegation asserted that they were satisfied with the continuous efforts by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA) to increase the efficiency of security performance.

Washington, in November 2015, suspended the shipment of goods on passenger planes after a Russian airliner en route from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg was brought down in Sinai on 31 October, killing all 224 passengers on board.

The Islamic state group claimed responsibility for the tragedy. It also claimed it planted a bomb device in the jet.