Monarch Airlines was going to send 29 flights to Sharm today to get their citizens out.
Egypt has only allowed 8 to land, and ordered one that supposedly had British Commandos aboard to divert.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34743388
Tahir Zarif described scenes of confusion: “Thompson unloaded a full coach an hour ago and have moved everyone back into the hotel. Apparently there are around 1,500 people waiting to get into the airport,” he said.
Passengers have been advised to only bring essential items such as passports, car and house keys, money, medicines, and mobile phones.
He said the government was making arrangements to ensure the luggage would be returned to passengers in a week to 10 days.