Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, chief executive Carolyn McCall said the thought that the Metrojet flight’s demise, which killed all 224 people on board last month, could have been caused by a bomb “kept airline chief executives awake at night”.
She added while some airports have good security protocols, others cannot claim the same and should prepare to do something about it.
McCall said: "I thin that in some airports security is very tight and very strict. British airports do security very well.
"Philip Hammond is right to point out that there are other countries that airlines fly to where it perhaps needs to be tightened.
"I think the government has come out quite clearly and said that Sharm will have to tighten airport security.
"I think everybody would agree with that. It’s not a blanket message, it’s a very specific message about certain airports around the world.
"This will be a global thing, not just an Egyptian thing or a North African thing.
"And I think passengers will be happy about that and I think airlines will support that, because no-one wants a security threat."
She also told the BBC that she hoped to have all easyJet customers home from Sharm el Sheikh by the weekend.
She added: "Our message is we will look after our passengers as we are doing.
"They will be comfortable, they will be in hotels. All their [reasonable] expenses will be paid.
"We had about 4,500 passengers in Sharm [last] Wednesday, which is when this kicked off.”
