Airports and travel services Route de la soie

This is where most low-cost flights land. It is located on the Asian side. We advise you not to take a taxi, which is very expensive from this airport, and which will swallow up all the savings you have made by travelling on a low-cost flight. Choose Havabus buses (departures from the airport every half hour from 4am to 1am, to Taksim and Kadıköy). Smaller than the other airport, you will find the post office, restaurants and bars, two banks and a currency exchange office. On arrival and departure, you benefit from the duty free shop.

It is the largest airport in the country and has all the services required: wifi, ATM, catering, duty free... It is located about 20 kilometres from the city centre. Be careful, it is necessary to specify to the taxi driver, at your departure, if you are leaving from terminal 1 or 3 (sala, in Arabic). Terminal 3 is now the main point of departure for Europe. It is indeed terminal 3 and not hall 3 (beb 3, in Arabic) of terminal 1: please be absolutely clear!

Borg el-Arab airport is a former military airport, capable of handling heavy long-haul flights. This is where all flights to Alexandria land while al-Nozha airport is being renovated. Located some 50 km from the city center, it takes at least 200 LE by cab to get there, and requires at least an hour's transport. A number of car rental agencies have set up branches here.

Ourgentch airport welcomes the A 310 in direct flight from Paris during the tourist season (the Friday evening flight, which lands at Ourgentch on Saturday morning). Connections with all other airports in the country, but also with neighbouring countries as well as Russia and China. For tourists, the most interesting connections are those with Tashkent (up to three rotations a day). Count around 100 US$ for a trip to Tashkent and 65 US$ for Bukhara.

The airport is located 4 km from the city center. You can get there by bus No. 10, which runs nearby connecting the railway station and the bus station, or bus No. 19, which runs along the University Boulevard. Uzbekistan Airways operates regular flights to Tashkent. It takes less than 1 hour to fly. Daily flights to Tashkent except Monday and Wednesday and from Tashkent every day except Tuesday and Saturday.

Namangan is connected to Tashkent on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday by Uzbekistan Airways. The airport has undergone some very basic renovations, but don't expect to find any services there: there is no cafeteria, no ATM, no currency exchange office, and only cab drivers are on the lookout during the tourist season. Take a few steps outside before getting into a cab, you'll quickly win! Minibuses also run to the city center. For departures, take some time.

Bukhara airport is 4 km from the city centre. One or two flights a day depending on the season connect Tashkent with Bukhara. The flight takes 1 hour and a half and is operated by modern aircraft. In Bukhara, Uzbekistan Airways has an office on Navoi Avenue, but it's easier to contact your B&B directly. They will be able to inform you about schedules and tell you how to make reservations and save you a lot of paperwork. There is also a ticket office at the airport, where you can take bus no. 10.

The Sphinx airport is located 45 km from the pyramids of Giza, in the extreme west of the capital, on the desert road Cairo-Alexandria. It contributes to the development of tourism in the Cairo region, notably Giza, Saqqarah and the Great Museum, but also Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Luxor and Aswan. Its purpose is to relieve congestion at the international airport and it can handle 300 passengers per hour. You will find car rentals, cash machines, souvenir shops and food and drink.

Inaugurated in 2020, this airport is located to the east of the capital. It can accommodate 300 passengers per hour. Its architecture is inspired by the temple of Angkor Wat, mixed with Hindu and European touches. It is 45 km from the capital and provides connections between eastern Cairo and the cities of Shorouq, Heliopolis, Badr, and the Suez Canal. You will find car rentals, cash machines, souvenir shops and food and drink.

There are daily connections to Bishkek once or twice a day. Given the low level of equipment at the airport and the complexity of flying over the mountains, take-offs are not necessarily assured in case of bad weather. The plane is the only way to avoid the 12-hour drive between Osh and Bishkek, and it is also one of the most beautiful flights in the world! Finally, you can find flights to Moscow and Urumqi. The latter is useful if you plan to go to China in winter, to avoid the high passes.