Cairo

Cairo Airport is the second busiest airport in Africa, behind Johannesburg’s Tambo International. Nevertheless, due to Egypt’s proximity to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and southern Africa, Cairo Airport is the most significant air hub in the region. The airport was built after WWII, and has recently undergone expansion of the terminals and runways.

Cairo Airport is the base facility for Egypt Air, the primary air carrier for Egypt. However, there are a variety of other airlines that operate to and from Cairo Airport. Egypt Air is by far the busiest airline that is handled at the airport, but other domestic and international carriers include Saudi Arabia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, KLM, Korean Air, Air France and Alitalia.

Cairo Airport is comprised of three terminals, with the third and largest terminal only completed in 2009. There is also a massive cargo terminal located on site. Different airlines utilise different terminals, with the busiest being Terminal 3, which handles Egypt Air, Egypt Air Express, Lufthansa and several other international carriers.

Over the past two years, the airport has served almost 15 million passengers each year, and over 100,000 aircraft. There are four runways altogether, and all can accommodate landings and take-offs from all aircraft that operate from Cairo Airport, whatever their size.

There are quite a large number of routes from Cairo Airport to other large cities. Egypt Air flies to over 50 destinations across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America. Some of the global cities connected to Cairo Airport are Paris, New York, Beijing, London, Rome and Moscow.