EgyptAir has decided to operate the first domestic flights from Sphinx Airport, as part of the airport’s pilot operation phase from January 25 to February 9, coinciding with the mid-academic year vacation. The aim of the new Sphinx Airport is to ease the pressure on Cairo International Airport, create logistics areas, and to reach a wider range of customers, the minister continued. The national airline EgyptAir is scheduled to operate about 15 domestic flights per week during the mid-academic year vacation from Sphinx Airport to Luxor, Aswan, Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, and vice versa. He added that one-day trips through the Sphinx Airport would save time compared to the 10-hour bus trips to go and return on the same day, between Hurghada and Cairo. Sphinx Airport, Egypt’s 33rd airport, is located in the heart of Cairo and will serve the Haram district, 6th of October City and other Giza areas, as it is 12 kilometers from the Giza Pyramids.

Source: Egypt Independent December 18, 2018 11:34 UTC