A spokesperson for Egypt’s ministry of tourism said 4,300 passengers are making their way through the airport each hour as the UK operates 10 to 11 passenger flights per day.
The Russians are operating as many as 25 per day as both countries bring holidaymakers home in the wake of the believed bombing of the Metrojet flight at the end of October, killing all 224 on board.
It is hoped that with the current rate of flights passing through the airport, the backlog of passengers will be cleared within the next four days.
