Monarch sending rescue flight for stranded Sharm tourists tomorrow

An airline has announced plans to repatriate British holidaymakers stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow.

The Sharm-el-Sheikh resort in Egypt. Image by Wolfgang Jung / CC BY-SA 2.0

Monarch hopes to operate three “rescue flights” and two scheduled flights from the Egyptian resort to the UK.

No other airline has published details of flights for tomorrow.

The UK Government announced the dramatic decision to suspend air links with the Red Sea resort last night after a Russian air liner crashed.

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