The charter flight UJ 5600 Hurghada-Yerevan, funded by the Armenian Government, has just been launched, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan wrote on his Facebook.

“The charter flight UJ 5600 Hurghada-Yerevan has just been launched, funded by the Government of Armenia. In about three and a half hours, 132 Armenian citizens will be back home. Another flight is scheduled for the morning of July 29,” he said.

As reported earlier, about 100 Armenian citizens were stuck in Hurghada as Hurghada-Yerevan flight was canceled as the Armenian tour operator did not pay the airline for the flight.