Egypt - Getting There

AIR

* The main gateway airport: Cairo International.
+ Check in time: Recommended 2 hours for international flights.
+ Airport to City: Airport bus approximately 60 minutes. Taxi approximately 60 minutes.
+ Airport tax: International flights 21 Egyptian Pounds.
+ Scheduled airlines flying from Cairo with their direct, scheduled, international destinations, include:
- Aeroflot (to/from Djibouti, Larnaka, Moscow).
- Air Algerie (to/from Algiers).
- Air France (to/from Nice, Paris).
- Al Italia (to/from Rome).
- Air Malta (to/from Malta).
- Air Ukraine (to/from Kiev).
- Austrian Airlines (to/from Vienna).
- Balkan Airlines (to/from Sofia).
- British Airways (to/from London).
- Cyprus Airlines (to/from Larnaca).
- Czeck Airlines (to/from Prague).
- Egypt Air (to/from Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Ain, Aleppo, Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Asmara, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basle, Beirut, Berlin, Bombay, Brussels, Budapest, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dar es Salaam, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Geneva, Harare, Istanbul, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kano, Karachi, Khartoum, Kiev, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Sanaa, Sharjah, Stockholm, Tokyo, Tunis, Vienna, Zurich).
- El Al (to/from Tel Aviv).
- Emirates (to/from Dubai).
- Ethiopian Airlines (to/from Addis Ababa).
- Iberia Airlines (to/from Barcelona, Madrid).
- Gulf Air (to/from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Casablanca, Doha, Muscat).
- Kenya Airways (to/from Khartoum, Nairobi).
- KLM (to/from Amsterdam).
- Korean Air (to/from Bombay, Seoul).
- Kuwait Airlines (to/from Kuwait).
- LOT (to/from Warsaw).
- Lufthansa (to/from Frankfurt).
- Malev (to/from Budapest).
- Middle East Airlines (to/from Beiruit).
- Olympic (to/from Athens).
- Pakistan International Airlines (to/from Karachi, Paris).
- Qatar Airways (to/from Doha).
- Royal Air Maroc (to/from Casablanca).
- Royal Brunei (to/from Bahrain, Bandar Seri, Kuala Lumpur).
- Royal Jordanian (to/from Amman, Aqaba).
- Rumanian Airlines (to/from Bucharest).
- Saudia (to/from Jeddah, Medinah, Riyadh).
- Singapore Airlines (to/from Dubai, Singapore).
- Sudan Airways (to/from Khartoum, Port Sudan, Rome).
- Swiss Air (to/from Geneva, Zurich).
- Syrian Arab Airlines (to/from Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia).
- Tunis Air (to/from Tunis).
- Turkish Airlines (to/from Istanbul).
- TWA (to/from New York, Riyadh).
- Yemen Airlines (to/from Aden, Djibouti, Hodeidah, Sanaa, Taiz).
- ZAS Airlines of Egypt (to/from Amsterdam, Bahrain, Berlin, Casablanca, Kuwait, Male, Sharjah).

* Luxor international airports:
+ Check in time: 1 hour for international flights.
+ Airport to City: Taxi.
+ Airport tax: International flights 21 Egyptian Pounds.
+ Scheduled airlines flying from Luxor with their direct, scheduled, international destinations, include:
- Egypt Air (to/from Jeddah, London, Zurich).
- Kuwait Airlines (to/from Bahrain).

* Hurghada international Airport:
- Check in time: 1 hour for international flights.
- Airport to City: Taxi.
- Airport tax: International flights 21 Egyptian Pounds.
+ Scheduled airlines flight from Hurghada with their direct, scheduled, international destinations, include:
- Egypt Air (to/from Basle, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Paris, Rome).

* Charter Flights:
- There are charter flights from London to Cairo, Luxor and Hurghada.
LAND

* There are land borders with Libya, Sudan, Israel.

* BUS services operate from :
+ Cairo to Tel Aviv.

* TRAIN services:
There are no international train services.
WATER

* FERRIES operate:
+ From Pireaus, Greece to Alexandria.
+ From Aqaba (Jordan) to Suez.
+ From Aqaba (Jordan) to Nuweiba in the Sinai peninsular.
+ Saudi Arabia to Suez.
+ Wadi Helfa (Sudan) to Aswan across Lake Nasser.


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