Egypt said it will suspend air links with
Qatar from Tuesday, 6 June 2017, after it and other Arab states cut
diplomatic ties with the Gulf emirate and accused it of supporting
extremism.The
decision to "halt all flights between Egypt and Qatar" would take
effect from 4am GMT on Tuesday and continue "until further notice", the
aviation ministry said.
The statement, which was issued on
Monday, added that Qatari planes would be unable to cross Egyptian
airspace or land on its territory.
Bahrain, the United Arab
Emirates, Yemen and the Maldives on Monday joined Saudi Arabia and Egypt
in severing ties with Qatar, and six airlines from the UAE and Saudi
Arabia suspended flights to and from the gas-rich emirate.
EgyptAir
followed suit, announcing in a statement "the suspension of flights
linking Cairo to Doha, from Tuesday, until further notice".