CAIRO (Sputnik) – 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.
"Creation of a national company to provide security in airports has been proposed," Zeinab Salem told RIA Novosti, adding that the proposal came from Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi.
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.
