The turmoil that his hit Egypt over the last few weeks has caused many people to question their travel arrangements. It appears many have decided not to fly out there, even to resorts like Sharm el Sheikh which are considered safe by the Foreign Office, though others have continued with plans on the basis the trouble is in cities like Cairo and Luxor hundreds of miles away.

Travel operators are still flying out to Egyptian resorts and significant numbers are enjoying holidays, albeit in quieter hotels and bars – and on quieter plane journeys.

Leeds-Bradford Airport-based Jet2 has now decided to cancel its flights in and out of the resorts of Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada from March 1 due, it says, to the continued uncertainty over the ongoing situation. There is no question that it remains volatile, and could change quickly, even though the Foreign Office is still advising that these resorts are safe to visit.

But Jet2’s decision has left at least one couple furious – already on a winter break, they have been told they will have to cut short their holiday or make their own way home.

The question that has to be asked of Jet2 is: if it has decided it should not be flying into Egypt in March, why is it continuing to do so in February? One passenger says there were lots of empty seats on the flight out and suggests this may have had some bearing on the decision.

Regardless of this, Jet2 has to put safety first, and make its business decisions accordingly, and it will counter that it is acting responsibly.

It has also stated that it wants to avoid customers facing the stressful uncertainty of whether their holiday will go ahead.

What is clear, though, is that a number of customers feel they have been left in the lurch by a decision other airlines haven’t yet felt the need to take. And stressful uncertainty is exactly what it has caused for them.