MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The travel advice issued by the Netherlands to avoid using Sharm El-Sheikh airport is not a premature assumption of results of the investigation into the crash of the Russian A321 passenger plane in Egypt, the press attache of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moscow told Sputnik on Thursday.
"The Dutch government thinks it is very important that Russia and Egypt fully investigate possible causes of the crash. The Dutch travel advice in no way prejudges the outcome of that investigation," Nadia Verwaal said.
She added that at the moment there were 408 Dutch citizens who had registered their presence in Egypt with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs while the real number of Dutch tourists in Egypt could be higher since many citizens do not register their presence.
"Travel agents will make arrangements for the return flight for Dutch citizens to the Netherlands that are currently in the Sharm-el-Sheikh area and wish to return," the press attache pointed out.
Several major international airlines, specifically, Air France, Flydubai, Lufthansa, Air Arabia and Emirates, announced decisions to suspend their flights over the Sinai Peninsula after the crash. On Wednesday, the UK government announced the suspension of all flights to and from the Egyptian city until additional security measures had been adopted.
