Turkish Southwind, associated with tour operator Pegas, was banned from flying through the EU; flight carrying Russians from Egypt was delayed for 11 hours
The European Union, as part of sanctions against Russia, closed the airspace for the charter airline Southwind Airlines, registered in Turkey, associated with the tour operator Pegas . This was reported by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) and the Turkish tourism publication TurizmGuncel . Because of this, on the evening of March 29, the departure of the Southwind plane from Egypt, from Sharm el-Sheikh, to Moscow was delayed for 11 hours.