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British Airways said the safety and security of its customers and crew were its priority.
“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 airline said.
The UK Foreign Office said affected passengers should contact the airline.
Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, said Saturday it also was suspending fights to Cairo, but later said flights would resume on Sunday. A company spokesperson would not comment on what information the airline received that prompted it to cancel Saturday’s flights.
In a statement released on its official Facebook page on Saturday, Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said the decision to suspend British Airways flights to Cairo was not “issued by the British Ministry of Transport or the British Foreign Office.”
The ministry is in talks with the British Embassy in Egypt regarding the airline’s decision, according to the post.
The UK, US and other countries have issued travel warnings for Egypt, citing ongoing political unrest and the potential for terror attacks.
Correction: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of British Airways in the headline, and to clarify details of the cancellations.
Duarte Mendonca reported from London, and Ralph Ellis reported and wrote from Atlanta. CNN’s AnneClaire Stapleton, Susanna Capelouto and Sharif Paget in Atlanta and Ghazi Balkiz in Beirut contributed to this report.
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