
The 12 largest airports and airlines in Egypt
Further information is provided on the 12 biggest airports in Egypt. At Cairo International Airport alone, 45 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 81 destinations.Out of the eight airlines of the country we have listed biggest 8. EgyptAir is leading here with a total of 90 flight destinations.
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The 12 biggest airports in Egypt
IATA | Name | City | Airlines | Destinations |
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CAI | Cairo International Airport | Cairo | 45 | 81 |
HRG | Hurghada International Airport | Hurghada | 17 | 26 |
LXR | Luxor International Airport | Luxor | 5 | 7 |
HBE | Borg El Arab International Airport | Alexandria | 17 | 21 |
SSH | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | Sharm el-Sheikh | 12 | 18 |
RMF | Marsa Alam International Airport | Marsa Alam | 6 | 4 |
HMB | Sohag International Airport | Sohag | 6 | 5 |
ATZ | Assiut International Airport | Assiut | 5 | 5 |
ASW | Aswan International Airport | Aswan | 3 | 3 |
ABS | Abu Simbel Airport | Abu Simbel | 1 | 1 |
AAC | El Arish International Airport | El Arish | n/a | n/a |
ALY | El Nouzha Airport | Alexandria | n/a | n/a |
Freight volume
In 2020, a total of 438.91 million ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in Egypt.The biggest airlines based in Egypt
The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is EgyptAir. In 2017, it carried 8.50 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 70 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in Egypt are:IATA | Name | Callsign | Fleet size | Destinations |
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MS | EgyptAir | Egyptair | 70 | 90 |
SM | Air Cairo | Air Cairo | 25 | 57 |
FT | FlyEgypt | Sky Egypt | 9 | 10 |
NP | Nile Air | Nile Bird | 7 | 23 |
UJ | AlMasria Universal Airlines | Almasria | 7 | 5 |
E5 | Air Arabia Egypt | Arabia Egypt | 6 | 26 |
NE | Nesma Airlines | Nesma | 2 | 11 |
DQ | Alexandria Airlines | Alexandria | 2 | 3 |