Foreign companies, including international airlines, are reportedly refusing to repatriate profits from Egypt at the current exchange rate. Profits held in the country were worth nearly twice in USD-terms prior to the EGP float, they said, which discounts 50% from the value they would repatriate. KLM Airlines had confirmed that it would temporary halt its flights starting 8 January on profit repatriation problems. Lufthansa Airlines is considering to sell its tickets in EGP, or through credit cards, as a preliminary step to exit the Egyptian market if the problem is not resolved. (Al Mal)