Egypt: 181 Britons set to leave on chartered flight
BBC News - Egypt: 181 Britons set to leave on chartered flight: "181 people are set to leave Egypt on a Foreign Office-chartered flight from Cairo to London, with a second being arranged.
The flight is expected to depart on Thursday afternoon, although the exact time is undecided as airport operations remain disrupted amid the protests.
A second charter flight is scheduled to leave Cairo on Saturday.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called for the violence to stop and for Egypt to make a rapid move to democracy.
The 220-seat chartered flight, which left Gatwick about midday on Wednesday, is intended to provide extra capacity to allow Britons to leave Egypt.
However, it was not intended to replace commercial flights, and people with booked seats on other flights are advised not to cancel their bookings."
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The flight is expected to depart on Thursday afternoon, although the exact time is undecided as airport operations remain disrupted amid the protests.
A second charter flight is scheduled to leave Cairo on Saturday.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called for the violence to stop and for Egypt to make a rapid move to democracy.
The 220-seat chartered flight, which left Gatwick about midday on Wednesday, is intended to provide extra capacity to allow Britons to leave Egypt.
However, it was not intended to replace commercial flights, and people with booked seats on other flights are advised not to cancel their bookings."
:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.
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