Cairo - Mubasher:  The resumption of Russia flights to the Egyptian resorts is “currently impossible”, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovitch.

“I was approached by the Egyptian deputy foreign minister who asked when the resort cities will be open. I said there is no such an opportunity now,” Dvorkovitch told the  Russian news agency TASS.

Air traffic between Egypt and Russia will be resumed by the end of February 2018 on the back of strengthening security measures at the Cairo International Airport, Dvorkovitch added.

 In October 2015, Russia halted its flights to the North African nation after a Russian plane crashed over the Sinai Peninsula, which resulted in killing 224 people on board.

The Arab world's most populous country is at pains to resume the Russian flights in an effort to revive the tourism sector, which hit hard by the stoppage of Russian tourism in November 2015.