EgyptAir, the country's national carrier, said it had cancelled flights to Istanbul scheduled for Wednesday after multiple suicide bombers killed 36 people at Istanbul's main international airport late on Tuesday.

Flights number MS 737 and MS 735 that were scheduled from Cairo to Istanbul at 9:50 and 14:20 Cairo local time have been cancelled, the flag carrier said in a statement late Tuesday.

Turkish Airlines suspended its flights until 8 am (0500 GMT) on Wednesday and said bookings on flights to or from Istanbul Ataturk airport between 28 June and 5 July 2016 would be changed or refunded without any cost.

Egypt's foreign ministry condemned in the strongest terms" the terrorist" assault at Istanbul airport, while calling for a joint international fight against terrorism.