London Gatwick–Sharm El Sheikh – summer
London Gatwick to Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh to London Gatwick
Travel Day Flt No. Dep. Arr. Flt No. Dep. Arr.
Tu 8853 13:55 20:10 8854 21:10 02:00
Tu 88531 13:55 21:10 88542 22:10 02:00
We,Th 88513 09:45 15:55 88523 16:55 21:40
We 88514 09:45 16:55 88524 17:55 21:40
Sa 88515 11:15 17:30 88525 18:30 23:15
Sa 8853 13:00 19:15 8854 20:15 01:05
Sa 88516 11:15 18:30 88526 19:30 23:15
Sa 88537 13:00 20:15 88548 21:15 01:05
1From 29 April 2008. Until 23 September 2008. 2From 29 April 2008. Until 24 September 2008. 3Until 24 April 2008. 4From 30 April 2008. Until 30 April 2008. 5Until 19 April 2008. 6From 26 April 2008. Until 26 April 2008. 7From 26 April 2008. Until 27 September 2008. 8From 26 April 2008. Until 28 September 2008.
Egypt's tourism ministry investigating alleged rape case in Sharm El-Sheikh
Ministry is working with British embassy and local tourism police to investigate alleged rape of a 40-year-old British woman at a five-star hotel in the Red Sea resort town
Ahram Online, Monday 24 Mar 2014
Egypt's tourism ministry announced on Monday that it was investigating the alleged rape of a British holidaymaker in the Sinai resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh.
“We are following the case with the British embassy and local tourism police, and the case is currently under investigation,” tourism ministry spokesperson Rasha El-Azazy told Ahram Online.
A severe punishment will be imposed if the ministry confirms the crime's circumstances, El-Azazy added.
The victim, a businesswoman in her 40s, says she was raped by a security guard at a five-star hotel in the Red Sea resort town, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.
The guard was escorting the woman back to the hotel when he allegedly pulled her into her bedroom and subjected her to the brutal assault, according to the Daily Mail.
The woman has since left Egypt.
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office says reports of sexual assault against British nationals in Egypt have increased since the January 2011 uprising. In 2012, the office handled 23 cases of sexual assault and six cases of rape.
In May 2013, Egypt's tourism minister Hisham Zaazou told Ahram Online that hotels would be closed if staff were found to have sexually harassed tourists, arguing that the behaviour would have a negative impact on the country's reputation.
The tourism ministry has recorded 150 cases of sexual harassment against tourists over the last two years. There have also been three recorded rapes.
A 23-year-old driver is detained after allegedly raping a Russian tourist in the South Sinai resort of Sharm El-Sheikh
Ahram Online, Saturday 12 Jul 2014
South Sinai police arrested Friday a driver for allegedly raping a Russian tourist, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.
Police received a complaint that a Russian tourist, 36, along with her husband were taking a tourism company-owned vehicle back to their hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh after a night out.
The driver, 23, pretended that the car had broken down and lured the husband out of the car to try and fix it.
He then rode off alone with the man's wife, raped her and left her on the side of the road.
Police arrested the driver in his house before he attempted to escape the governorate. The driver reportedly confessed to the incident and was referred to the prosecution for investigation.
This is not the first rape of a foreigner in Sharm El-Sheikh, a resort town already suffering a drop in revenues from national political turmoil.
In March, a 40-year-old woman was raped in a five-star hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The tourism ministry has recorded 150 cases of sexual harassment against tourists over the last two years. There have also been three recorded rapes.
Egypt's tourism sector, which contributes around 11 percent of the country's GDP, has experienced a series of blows since the January 2011 uprising that toppled long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Ireland has lifted its warning against travel to Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai, Egypt's tourism ministry announced on Saturday.
Ireland is the fourth European country to remove its travel ban on the Egyptian tourist hotspot, following Germany, Italy and Denmark.
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou has been trying to remove all such warnings imposed by European countries since February, when a bomb blast on a tour bus in South Sinai killed three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver and raised concerns about safety in Red Sea resorts.
The number of Irish tourists who visited Egypt in the first six months of the current year reached 6,687, down 43 percent from the same period of last year, official figures show.
