Cairo by Plane: Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara & the Serapeum

Flights between Hurghada and Cairo fill up fast over New Year, so book as early as you can — we buy the tickets as soon as you book. The flights we plan with: 28 Dec Air Cairo SM173 Hurghada 08:00 → Cairo 09:00; 29 and 30 Dec EgyptAir MS43 05:00 → 06:00 or MS45 07:55 → 09:05. Evening flights from Cairo back to Hurghada: SM174 19:50 → 20:55 (28 Dec) and MS48 19:35 → 20:35 (29–30 Dec). For 31 December we confirm the schedule when you book. Hotel pickup is about 2 hours before departure. Send us every name exactly as written in the passport: EgyptAir corrects spelling only and never moves a ticket to another person; Air Cairo allows one name change for a fee plus any fare difference, at least 24 hours before departure.

Yes, the return flight is in the price. It is a domestic flight inside Egypt, so there is no visa, no extra paperwork and no border to cross — bring the passport you entered Egypt on, keep the bag small, and we handle the check-in side of it.

Pickup is around 03:00 and you are back late the same evening — about 18 hours door to door. The flight is what makes that possible: it turns a long drive into under an hour each way, so the day is spent at the sights rather than on the road.