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Air Fare
For many, the most expensive part of a budget holiday to Egypt will be airfare. Those from Europe will pay much less, perhaps half as much for air fare as North Americans. For example, using a normal discount booking service checking fares from London to Cairo and from New York to Cairo (using travelocity.com for departure dates in mid September), the London round trip ticket to Cairo would cost just over $500 US, while the New York ticket to Cairo would have cost almost $900.00. Using a regular local travel agency would probably result in tickets costing as much as several hundred dollars more for each.
Those people looking hard for discount airfare are likely to become frustrated. Most on-line discount services require a registration process, only to yield no different ticket pricing then all the others. There is a good reason for this, as most on-line services must use published rates. We would highly advise people searching out the lowest possible ticket pricing to read the FAQ on cheap airfares, consolidators and bucket shops at http://www.travel-library.com/air-travel/consolidators.html. This is an excellent reference particularly on international air fare.
To obtain the very least expensive airfare to Egypt one must usually go beyond the Internet, and depending on the time, effort and long distance calls required, it may not be worth it to everyone. One is really only likely to improve their ticket pricing using true air consolidators or bucket shops, but these companies rarely quote on-line fares. Further, Internet searches for air consolidators will mostly yield companies claiming such, but with fares no different, or even higher then the normal on-line discount air booking companies. Others will have cheap fares to specific destinations, but not Egypt.
In general, we have found that the earlier one books a flight to Egypt, the better the fare will be. Two examples of on-line air discount services which appear to yield good results are Travel Secrets at http://travelsecrets.com/ and in the UK, http://www.farebase.co.uk/. However, we also received a very good air quote from Cardinal Points Travel in Dallas, Texas (phone 800-990-0241). Readers have also praised The Traveling Man, located in Philadelphia (phone 215-925-0700).
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Aeroflot 18 El Bustan St., Cairo +20-2-3900429
Air Algerie 13 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5750688
Air Canada 26 Mohmoud Bassiouny St., Cairo +20-2-5758939
Air Djibouti (GSA) 16 Adly St., Cairo +20-2-3907032
Air France 2 Talaat Harb Sq., Cairo +20-2-5743516
Air India 1 Tallat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-3934864
Air Malta 2 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5747420
Air China 18 Youssef El Gandy St., Cairo +20-2-3908209
Air Ukrania 9 Degla St., Mohandessin, Giza +20-2-3481201
Alia 8 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5750614
Alitalia Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo +20-2-5740984
A. M. C El- Nozha El Gadeda, Cairo +20-2-2915818
American Airlines 22 Gihad St., Mohandessin, Giza +20-2-3455707
Austrian Airlines 22 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-3921522
Balkan 17 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-3931211
British Airways 1 Abdel Salam Aref St., Cairo +20-2-5780743/6
Brazilian Airlines 37 Abdel Khalem Sarwat St., Cairo +20-2-3911397
Cathay Pacific 20 El Gehad St., Mohandessin , Giza +20-2-3029627/8
Czechoslovak 9 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-3930416
Cyprus Airways 16 Adly St., Cairo (Bon Voyage Co. ) +20-2-3907669
Delta 17 Ismail Mohaamed St., Zamalek, Cairo +20-2-3419409
Egypt Air 6 Adly St. 12, Kasr El Nil St. +20-2-3920999/5750600
El Al 5 El Makrizi St., Zamalek, Cairo +20-2-3411620
Emirates Airlines Marriot Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo +20-2-3401087
Ethiopian Airlines Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo +20-2-5740911
Finnair 15 Tahrir Square, Cairo +20-2-776895
Gulf Air 64 Gamet El Dowal El Arabia St., Giza +20-2-5743336
Iberia 15 Tahrir Square, Cairo +20-2-5789955
Interflug 1 Adly St., Cairo +20-2-3910828
Iraq Airways 22 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5754200
Jal (Japan) Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo +20-2-5740695
Jat( Yougslav ) Nile Hilton Hotel , Cairo +20-2-5742185
Kenya Airways Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo +20-2-5762494
KLM 11 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5748004/6
Korean Airlines 2 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5749360
Kuwait Airways 4 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5742447
Libyan Airlines 37 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5744683
Lot ( Polish ) 1 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5757403
Lufthansa 9 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-3398339
Malev (Hungary ) 12 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5744959
MEA (Middle East) 12 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5750825
Olympic 23 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-3931279
Pan American 2 Talaat Harb St., Cairo (EMECO) +20-2-5747339
Philippine Airlines 17 Ismail Mohamed St., Cairo,Zamalek +20-2-3420453
PIA (Pakistan ) 22 Kasr El Ni St., Cairo +20-2-3924134
Qantas 1 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-749900
Romaian Airline 97 El Montazah St., Nozha, Cairo +20-2-2456993
Royal Air Marco 9 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-3930561
Sabena Mariette St., Tahrir Sq., Cairo +20-2-751194
SAS 2 Champolion St., Cairo +20-2-5753955
Saudia 10 Talaat Harab St., Cairo +20-2-5747575/8
Singapore Nile Hilton Hotel, Cairo +20-2-5750276
Somali Airways 14 Chaopolion St., Cairo +20-2-5743537
Sudan Airways 1 Boustn St., Cairo (Abdel Salam Aref St. ) +20-2-5747145
Swissair 22 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-3921522
Syrian Airlines 25 Talaat Harab St., Cairo +20-2-3928258
Transamerica Airlines 3 Behler Passage, Cairo(Perfect Tours ) +20-2-5754277
Tunis Air 14 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5753420
Turkish Airlines 3 Mostafa Kamel Sq., Cairo +20-2-758939
TWA 1 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo +20-2-5749904
Uganda Airlines 1 Abdel Hamid Badawi, Heliopolis, Cairo +20-2-2456535
United Airlines 16 Adly St., Cairo +20-2-3911950
Yemen Airways 10 Talaat Harb St., Cairo +20-2-5740711
Alexandria is linked to other Egyptian urban centres by railway, roads, and air services. It also is connected by canal with the Nile. The main rail link to Cairo has been upgraded, and Alexandria is also the terminus for the rail line that runs to as-Sallum on the Libyan border. The desert route to Cairo has been improved, thus relieving pressure on the agricultural route through the delta region. Another main road links the city to Libya. Twice-daily air services operate to Cairo, but plans to introduce scheduled international services have not developed. Given the severe limitations on expanding the existing airport at Nuzhah, built on land reclaimed from Lake Maryut, al-'Amiriyah was selected as the site of the new airport.
By Train
The Egyptian Railway Authority operates several airconditioned and ordinary trains every day. Cairo: Tel. 753555/147, Sidi Gaber: Tel. 854295, Alexandria Station: Tel. 4923207
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By Bus
The Arab Union Co. (Superjet). Cairo-Alexandria
For information and reservation contact:
Cairo Offices: Heliopolis: Tel. 2909017, Airport: Tel 2909018, Giza: Tel. 725032
Alexandria Offices: Ramleh Square: Tel. 03/4824391, Agami -Betash: Tel. 4336622.
The General Nile Bus Co. - West Delta: "Golden Arrow" Cairo-Alexandria
For information and reservation contact:
Cairo Offices: Abdel Menem Ryad Square: Tel. 765582, Giza Square: Tel. 721121,
Ahmed Helmi: Tel.760422, Cairo Airport: Tel. 676720.
Alexandria Offices: Midan Saad Zaghloul: Tel. 809685, Alexandria Railway Station: Tel. 4929685, Sidi Gaber: Tel. 4214350.
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By Air
Egypt Air operates daily flights to Alexandria.
For information contact: Tahrir Square: Tel. 759806, Opera Square: Tel.3927205-3927444
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