Travel to Egypt

Flying to Egypt

The country is well served by international airlines that fly direct from around the world. British Airways ( www.ba.com ), Air France (www.airfrance.com ) and KLM (www.klm.com ), along with low cost carrier easyJet (www.easyjet.com ) are among the companies that provide flights to Egypt. The main international airports are in Cairo. Alexandria, Sharm el Sheikh. Luxor. Marsa Alam and Aswan. Charter flights depart mainly from Europe and the Middle East into the Red Sea coast airports.

The national airline is EgyptAir (MS) (www.egyptair.com ), which has a busy network linking the country with, among other destinations, New York in the US. Kuala Lumpar in Malaysia. Bangkok in Thailand and Mumbai in India. Rome. Paris. Berlin and London are among the European cities with direct flights into Cairo, while EgyptAir serves Africa via Casablanca in Morocco. Johannesburg and Nairobi. The company has regular direct flights between Cairo and the Middle East, serving cities such as Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. and between the Egyptian capital and Moscow .

EgyptAir s domestic network links all the main Egyptian towns and cities. The most expensive time to fly is spring and autumn, with the cheapest time of year being during the months of July and August.

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Sharm El Sheikh airport, the second busiest in Egypt after Cairo, is set to have a third terminal and a new runway. Work is due for completion in 2013.