Germany Ministry of Transport has decided to ‘immediately’ ease restrictions on air flights to Egypt’s city of Sharm El-Sheikh, overturning a ban on joint transportation of passengers and luggage from Germany to Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry and German Embassy confirmed. The move will see the resumption of direct air trips between the city and Germany, according to both sides. "Based on appropriate security measures on the part of the Egyptian safety and security aviation authorities, luggage will be immediately re-allowed to be carried when travelling from Sharm El-Sheikh airport to Germany," read a statement by the German Embassy in Cairo. The ban was in place since November 2015, after a Russian passenger jet had crashed in Sinai in October 2015.  (Al Ahram Online)