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| British Airways flights to Cairo cancelled | British Airways flights to Cairo cancelled |
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| British Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security "precaution". | British Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security "precaution". |
| Passengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London's Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled - and that there would be no alternative flights for a week. | Passengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London's Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled - and that there would be no alternative flights for a week. |
| The airline did not specify what the security issue was. | The airline did not specify what the security issue was. |
| A spokesman for Cairo airport told the BBC the airport had yet to be notified by BA of any such changes. | A spokesman for Cairo airport told the BBC the airport had yet to be notified by BA of any such changes. |
| A BA spokesman said: "We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment. | A BA spokesman said: "We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment. |
| "The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority, and we would never operate an aircraft unless it was safe to do so." | "The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority, and we would never operate an aircraft unless it was safe to do so." |
| The UK Foreign Office on Friday updated its advice for Britons travelling to Egypt. | The UK Foreign Office on Friday updated its advice for Britons travelling to Egypt. |
| The advice includes the warning: "There's a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. Additional security measures are in place for flights departing from Egypt to the UK." | The advice includes the warning: "There's a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. Additional security measures are in place for flights departing from Egypt to the UK." |
| BBC Afrique's Pierre-Antoine Denis, in Cairo, reports that all other airlines that use the airport are operating normally. | BBC Afrique's Pierre-Antoine Denis, in Cairo, reports that all other airlines that use the airport are operating normally. |
| Following the bomb explosion that destroyed a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula in October 2015 after it had departed Sharm El Sheikh airport, the UK was one of a number of countries to temporarily suspend flights to and from the country. | |
| The Foreign Office continues to advise against travel to certain parts of Egypt. | |
| Have you been affected by flights to Cairo being cancelled by British Airways? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk | Have you been affected by flights to Cairo being cancelled by British Airways? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk |
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