Egypt Airports

Airports in Egypt connect Egypt with all other major international destinations. There are several airports in Egypt serving good transportation facilities to the tourists across the globe. Cairo International Airport is considered to be the main airport of Egypt that is situated around 15 miles away from the northern Egyptian city towards the northeast region. All through the year, the two terminals of Cairo receive flights from major international cities of North Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Cairo International Airport offers a good number of banking facilities.

Beside this, the Luxor International Airport, located in central part of Egypt, serves the Nile Valley and considered to be a convenient terminal for the tourists visiting the popular tourist destinations of the area. Mainly Two updated terminals serve both the international and domestic flights, with a huge number of Egypt carriers. It includes Egypt Air and Air Cairo and operates from the Egyptian airports. Tourists can avail taxis, cars and buses to reach their desired destinations.

Apart from this, some of the other noted Airports in Egypt include:

Abu Simbel Airport Daraw Airport El Arish International Airport El Nouzha Airport Borg El Arab Airport Assiut Airport

Hurghada International Airport Marsa Alam International Airport Mersa Matruh Airport Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Taba International Airport Aswan International Airport

Most of these Egyptian airports offer quality transportation services to their passengers.

Flights to Egypt

Flights to Egypt assist tourists to reach the country of Egypt from other parts of the world. Flights are available from different countries. A number of flights land on the country of Egypt from United Kingdom throughout the year. It is also said that the key reason behind the increasing popularity of Egypt as a tourist destination is due to the availability of frequent flights. These flights are available from different countries across the world. Usually, the flight time is comparatively short, only 5 hours, with 2 hours time difference ahead of the United Kingdom.

There are many airlines in Egypt, most of which offer good number of flight to and from Egypt. Egyptian flights include both Charter flights and scheduled flights. The charter airlines can provide cheap flights by offering more restricted services than the other major scheduled and low cost airlines.

Egypt Airlines

Egypt Airlines meet international standards. Egypt, being the most important city in North Africa, is linked through airways to all the major cities of the world.

Besides, the domestic air service is also very good. All the important cities in Egypt are connected through a well-coordinated Egypt airlines network.

Egypt Airlines is the national airline of Egypt . It was set up in 1932 and is a member of Arab Air Carriers Organization . With its main hub at Cairo International Airport , Egypt airlines has flight service to almost 70 destinations, both domestic as well as international.

Some of the major destinations of Egypt airlines are as follows :

• Alexandria
• Aswan
• London
• Paris
• Geneva
• Amsterdam

Egypt Airlines has tie-ups with several international airlines. Some of the airlines with which Egypt airlines has codeshare are as follows:

Gulf Air Korean Air Olympic Airlines Royal Air Maroc

Saudi Arabian Airlines Singapore Airlines South African Airways Swiss International Airlines

There are several low cost and no frill airlines operating flights to and from Egypt. There are a large number of budget routes from Egypt to the Middle Eastern and South Asian countries. Some of the carriers that provide such low cost flights are as follows:

• Air Arabia
• Air Berlin
• British Airways
• Excel Airways

The budget carrier of Air Arabia operates budget flights from the UAE to places in Egypt. It flies between Sharjah and Alexandria, El Nhouza, Assiu, Luxor and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. Air Arabia offers the cheapest airfares in these routes.

Midwest Airlines is another important Egypt Airline. It is based in Cairo and its hub is the Cairo International Airport. It carries passengers and cargo to all the major locations in the Middle East.

All major international airlines have their offices in Egypt. Here are the addresses of some major airlines:

Air France 2, Talaat Harb Sq. Downtown, Cairo Tel: 202 5773300 , 5773516 Fax: 202 771777	British Airways 1, Abdel Salam Aref St. Tahrir Sq., Cairo Tel: 202 5780743 , 5780745 Fax: 202 5780739
Cathay Pacific 20, El-Gehad St. Mohandessen, Cairo Tel: 202 3029627 , 3029628 Fax: 202 3030593	Gulf Air 64, Gameat El Dowal El Arabia St. Mohandessin, Giza Tel: 202 3487781 , 3487782