Egyptair

[crewmeal]

What is it with this airline? All their flights depart anything from 1 hour to 5 hours late to and from Heathrow. It makes connecting very difficult.

I’ve booked on the direct flight to Luxor in October so I’m not too bothered if it’s delayed. However I hope my return flight is on time as I have trains booked at specific times.

[Teddyboy]

We used the EgyptAir flights for years, but always left our homeward bound connections till at least 3 hours after the due landing time. There's plenty to sit and watch, while waiting at Heathrow!

[Major Thom]

Just been looking at flights prices for next August on Egyptair from Larnaca to Luxor
Flight price return per adult £385
Your in the air 2 hours but there is a stop in Cairo of 6 hours
To me that is disgusting and tells me they do not want tourists

[crewmeal]

To me that is disgusting and tells me they do not want tourists

That’s a ridiculous statement. Cyprus doesn’t have the numbers that would want to connect in Cairo for Luxor. The majority of flights from mainland Europe do connect with flights to Luxor. Egyptair work hard to get tourists to Luxor with plenty of charter flights especially from Spain at certain times of the year. TUI and Easy start direct flights from Manchester and Gatwick from November. 2025 could see more flights to the region.

[A-Four]

Once upon a time, there were two cruise boat from Cyrus to Port Said, that made regular trips for tourists, however that was a long time ago. Ealier this year, my flight to Hurgarda with Tui was less than £400. I now see that flights from Gatwick, again with Tui to Luxor are even less than that, around £360

Twenty five years ago my flights to Luxor were around £350 with what was known as an open ticket in those days. I'm sure many on here will remember a flight with Thomson's and a two week stay at a good hotel came in at a very similar price.

Today we see that EgyptAir would like us to pay around £800 Heathrow to Luxor even with a closed ticket. Not sure what the game is here, so I leave the question open?