19 private jets of top businessmen leave Cairo: DPA
Flight disruptions threaten Egypt’s tourism sector
Nineteen private jets have left Cairo international airport carrying top Egyptian and Arab business tycoons and their families toward Germany, German Press Agency DPA reported later on Saturday.
The identities of the businessmen and their families were not immediately announced
Hundreds of people crowded the capital's main international airport hoping for a flight out on Saturday but Western carriers were canceling, delaying or suspending service after days of violent unrest.
A British airline turned around its Cairo-bound jet in mid-flight.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 people flocked to Cairo Intentional Airport, many without reservations. Officials said that about half were tourists and half Egyptians.