Still no direct flights from Russia: Moscow could be resuming flights to Cairo in early 2017 and not the end of 2016, according to Russian state news agency TASS and Interfax. A statement from the Russian Transport Ministry on Sunday said that "the resumption of air travel will be possible only after the Egyptian side satisfies all demands by Russian experts on ensuring security at domestic airports. Our Egyptian colleagues have made significant progress in that respect, and our cooperation has a constructive nature.” Interior Minister Aid Amr El Bastawy said that Egypt has in fact applied the larger part of the security measures Moscow had requested, leaving only “simple measures [that] will be taken in the coming weeks.”