Emirates also avoids Sinai

Besides Air France and Lufthansa airline Emirates will temporarily avoid the airspace over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Previously, KLM, which anyway do not often fly over the Sinai, know the situation closely monitor. Qatar Airways insisted Sunday that the rules for the airspace over Egypt have not changed and it is not necessary to make changes to itineraries.

The Russian gear collapsed on the return trip from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg on the Egyptian peninsula down. In addition, all 224 passengers were killed. In parts of the mountainous Sinai jihadists groups have been very active. One of the groups claims to have knocked down the device.