Inspection up to the removal of shoes. It is very unpleasant when you are groped as a potential criminal. The airport is dirty, especially in the toilets. The attitude of the staff is rude and mocking, if I may say so. In short, there was an unpleasant aftertaste from
They tried to cheat at the checkout, gave the 2017 bill dollars and with the dexterity of the cashier's hands, he replaced it and shoved it at me, give me another one, this one is old and with a phone number, no, I say this one is not mine, take off the cash register (I had the bill number written down)invite the police to watch the cameras, he was surprised at my calmness, handed over the change and did not apologize
Although the airport is international, it is small. It has an interesting design. Upon arrival, you can immediately buy a visa to Egypt if you plan to visit Cairo and other parts of the country. It costs $25 (as of July 2024). There are a lot of checks. I passed 6 checks to board the plane. When passing one of them, you need to take off your shoes and go through the inspection barefoot. Charging for phones in the waiting area is practically not working. The toilets are not completely clean. The navigation is clear. The airport staff is polite. Therefore, the overall impression is good. There are problems connecting to Wi FI
The organization of departures is not very good. The flight was delayed for 2 hours. But it has always been the case in Egypt. We flew well with Aeroflot. Everything is organized at the highest level. They fed and watered me.
It's a terrible airport. It looks like inside and out, like a bus station in Naryshkino (Naryshkin residents are not offended, this is conditional). It's better not to go to the toilet, it's just a complete "Roskomnadzor". Absolutely illogical checks, and when all the checks and passport control had already passed, then there turned out to be another one (this is right before boarding), where the queue was for half an hour and checked manually. When you've passed it, you won't get out or you can stand in line for half an hour again. But there is no toilet, no cafe, nothing at all. When they shine through in a sterile area, they are forced to take off their shoes (this is normal), but then at least give them shoe covers, but there are none (but this is abnormal). And I was wearing white socks (of course, I was not the only one) walking there on the floor, which resembled the floor in a rural store. By the way, the airport staff is normal. I didn't notice anything biased.
In general, for a resort that receives tourists from all over the world, it would be possible to put the airport in order. Ideally, of course, demolish it to Roskomnadzor and build a new one. I didn't take photos because I was going through a quest called "get on your plane somehow."
Terrible airport!Continuous inspections. They take away everything during the inspection. They took away a folding back scratcher, which does not pose any threat to flight, they just apparently liked it. At another inspection, a roll with a film for wrapping luggage was taken away. Brazenly rummaging through women's bags. They forced me to open a packed bag. I have never seen such mockery of tourists anywhere else!!The impression of the airport is the most negative.
There are only checks on departure, and after one check, there are five more checks))) it seems that they don't trust themselves))))
As soon as you arrive, they try to get you divorced for money)))
In charm, you do not need a visa if you do not plan to arrive there for more than 14 days, as well as if you do not plan to travel outside of charm.
Queues at customs are created to receive $ 10 per pass without a queue. The inspection is a complete mess, they require everything to be removed, but there are no trays for personal items, I had to put them directly on the tape. There is no place for a normal exit in the waiting room, as a result, everyone stands as they should. Plus constant checks of the same thing
Everyone was scared of the flight. They say they treat people like cattle there. And so on and so on. All the checks were completed in 3 hours. No one bothered us at all. Women are searched longer and more thoroughly. But if you just let the inspectors do their job, then there will be no problems.
We were in August-September 2024. We are impressed with the security. Security checks, baggage checks, everything is at the highest level. The staff are very good-natured! But the prices at the airport are overpriced, more expensive than Pulkovo)
Good airport, 1- Everyone is checked completely— you need to take off your shoes, open bags, even children are fully checked
But it is clear that these are precautionary measures and this is for the sake of safety
In a small town, a small airport!!! Two planes arrived at once and there was just, well, very little room. !!! And so it will go.... The main thing is not the airport, but the fact that after it is a vacation!!))))
A large and comfortable airport. Lots of space. Quick check-in both upon arrival and departure from the country. Thorough inspection. Polite staff. There are enough places to wait.
There are a lot of souvenir vendors at the airport, and several cafes. But the prices certainly bite. All the little things from $ 5, water 0.5 - 1 dollar.
Unfortunately, there is not a single ATM in the airport building, there is nowhere to even withdraw cash, only card payment.
The boarding gate announcement is in the hall, not audible. The sound of the speakers is very quiet. There is only one exit for all flights to Russia, with additional screening. Then you wait in the hall for a bus for a long time. But there is a smoking room.
The airport is so tired that there are no words.
Upon arrival, when you are in a hurry for a transfer, you may not notice anything. You can apply for a visa at the airport for a FEE if you go to Cairo (or somewhere else). Advice - it's better to do it there, otherwise it will be more expensive. You can fill out the documents yourself, or you can ask employees to fill them out for a fee. They work quickly to get out.
But at the entrance ... please do not get lost in the inspections of luggage and yourself - the girls go separately, the boys separately in different queues.
The area after the green corridor is a complete nightmare. We took off at night. The cafe room was just covered in garbage and spit, there was no soap or paper in the toilet. No one works in Duty Free, they speak English with difficulty. Keep in mind that a Dutik is a bad one. Cigarettes are sold only in blocks. You can't buy a pack.
There are a lot of inspections, they can just pick up something (for example, sweets) from luggage at the exit to the Gates.
They work SO slowly that it seems that they don't work at all.
If your flight is delayed (as it was with us), nothing will be explained to you normally (this is to the question of the language barrier).
We are in complete shock.
Some airport staff greatly spoil the impression. During the inspection, they can send you three letters and there's not much you can do. They shake everything out of their hand luggage, scatter it on the conveyor belt, and then they can smile and watch as the passenger puts it all back together.
The airport itself is not bad, it is better not to visit the business lounge.
The airport is normal. We arrived quickly and well. But the departure. The noise is total. Most of all before boarding. They pick at things shamelessly, smear on explosives. And
be careful when filling out the migration form
The airport itself is not bad, it is made in the form of a Bedouin tent, but the infrastructure for passengers has not been thought out, there are no "seats", when buying a visa to travel to Cairo, no one warns that it needs to be pasted into the passport and "extinguished" right at the airport. There are very "long" queues for control and registration.
The airport is modern and quite convenient. The designations of the entrances, exits, and check-in counters are clear. Inspection at three cordons. Some employees of the inspection services do not behave correctly, on the verge of rudeness. There was no paper or napkins in the toilet and the cleanliness was questionable. There are obscene inscriptions on the doors. Unpleasant.
Arrival.
They impose a paid registration of a migration card, although this can be done intuitively by filling out the card. A queue is specially created for the issuance of these cards.
Departure.
A passport and a ticket are required to pass to the first checkpoint. Be sure to download or print the ticket, otherwise you will not be allowed to check in for the flight.
The Internet does not work at the airport. There is public wifi, but SMS to activate the Internet does not come to the phone.
As in all of Egypt, everything outside the borders of the hotel, the attitude towards tourists is disdainful.
A very strange inspection. They looked at me like everyone else, and even looked at my purse. And here I am on the side on a bench already in the waiting room, putting my purse in order, as some employee calls me, who is sitting near the inspection, but a little further away and starts checking my ladies' purse again, while asking if I have chocolate. On his last visit, it was at this moment that a new set of masks was blindly taken from his backpack from his bag (during the covid period). Who are they at the airport anyway and what kind of lawlessness is this?
The inspection and control is very "strange", to put it mildly. Upon arrival in Egypt, documents were shown several times to incomprehensible people "in civilian clothes" who asked where you were from and where you were going. Paid services are imposed everywhere, starting from filling out a migration form, to helping to bring things to the bus. We have to scare them away almost with obscenities. The airport staff itself is quite friendly. Especially the border guards, who asked us with a smile and over a cup of coffee if we liked them. At the checkpoint on departure, I told the employee that I did not need to feel me too much, because my shoulders and back were badly burned, to which he exchanged a couple of phrases with me with a smile, and I calmly passed the framework.
In general, it is quite clean (except that the toilets are a mess), there are several cafes, and in general everything. There's not much else to do there, the airport itself is quite small and tired.
I didn't like it at all. Check-in is endless, dirty inside. Everything is delayed in time, during the inspection where you need to take off your shoes, there are no shoe covers and you have to walk on a dirty floor. It's better not to go to the toilet at all, so as not to get dirty. In Duty Free, the range is meager. In general, it is very terrible.
An ordinary airport, like everywhere else, customs is long, food is expensive (there is little choice), a burger joint on the second floor with exorbitant prices. Souvenirs and sweets are the best to buy in the city, because it is 2 times more expensive at the airport
A small airport.The girls at the door said on departure.that our flight has not been missed yet.If only they had been listened to.We would have been too late!! And so it is unclear - 3 queues and where to go.unclear... in the end, they chose the leftmost one and were not mistaken. They check up to the panties 10 times!! That's it.who is not lazy!! But it's understandable.That it wasn't the tourists who carried that bomb.which exploded in 2015!! I think.and now whoever needs it will get through... It's so clean.neat and quite friendly. By the way.migration cards can be filled out with a blunder - no one checks anything and in case of a typo there are no claims there.Not back. You do not need to buy visas if you do not travel on long-distance excursions and for a short period of time!!
The impressions upon arrival were not the best, but the return trip is just darkness.
Even regional Russian airports look like palaces in comparison.
The airport has very dirty bathrooms with vandal art on the walls. Apparently there are no more worthy places in the world for self-expression.
A life-long inspection. After passing the frames and the tape, you should not breathe a sigh of relief. Because behind them is the very table where girls usually sit. And that's where the best part of the program begins.
If you are a girl (I don't know about men) and have some interesting suitcase / handbag / backpack with you, then you will not pass by the lady at the desk.
Next, the bulkhead of your personal belongings on this very table will begin and requests to give what of them the lady liked ... as a gift!
Just like that.
Put 100% cosmetics in your luggage, because everything will be taken away, even the most stale lip gloss, not to mention luxury products. Unless they disdain cowards, although I'm not sure.
The food will also be taken away "as a gift".
And there are about three such tables on the way to the plane.
I advise you to put just sweets with you, like Raffaello and give them out voluntarily - you will escape from the "tables" with minimal losses.
There are almost no restaurants/cafes. Of the meat, only Burger King, where one combo costs $ 23
Duty Free is small. Cashiers casually take some of the change into their pocket.
I left 2 stars for the fact that the arrival / departure still took place + allocated good seats on the plane without additional charges
It's hot, intrusive locals who grab suitcases to take 10 meters for payment. The guards won't even let us go to the place where the shadow is, they pretend that they don't know the language and don't understand, our flight was delayed for 12 hours, they barely asked for water. At the airport, the prices for everything are simply unrealistically expensive, a glass of tea = $ 4.
Arrival is fine. Quick control. The luggage didn't wait long. But flying out of here is torture. 5 inspections! FIVE!
And very low quality, just for show. But it takes time and effort!
It's not clear what the point of an Egyptian uncle glancing at your ticket for the fifth time without reading it is.
Pros : clean, there is dutifree, there is a place to eat, although prices bite, there is a smoking room, which is important!! And you can buy a souvenir , there are separate islands
Everything is quite modern, very strict control, they check everything several times, in terms of security it will work, they let you pass a ticket on the phone, which is already a plus, before that they required a paper version.
The airport is not big. We were waiting for our flight in the business lounge. The business hall is not large. The choice of food is also small. But there was fried chicken, salad, rice. As well as soft drinks
An excellent airport, air conditioning, a lot of shops with souvenirs and gifts for those who did not have time to buy in the city. The only thing I didn't like was the large number of inspections.
A small airport, very few shops. There was only 1 men's toilet for the entire airport. Very thorough inspection, the waiting time for luggage is very long
When I arrived: the airport is spacious and clean. friendly staff. upon arrival, they are given either themselves to fill out the migration form. you can also buy a SIM card and change the money. I want to give you some advice - after landing, go among the first. and the fact that after you go outside, do not let the locals transport your suitcase to the bus, taxi, etc. it's paid
when you took off: everything is terrible, they will check your passport 50 times and ask if there is a lighter, even without checking things normally. the prices here are like in space, I have never seen such prices as at this airport. terrible and long check-in. NEW dollars are needed to choose and pay for places. our family was seated at different ends of the plane due to the fact that we could not pay for seats with old bucks, although they are accepted calmly in stores. Everything went through here for 2 hours, passports were checked 50 times and the whole body was pinched. This situation is here because locals cannot migrate, and now even Russians are checked here as locals, as if we are not tourists, but residents of Egypt.
conclusion: they meet coolly and see off as badly as possible, even I don't really want to return because of this.
They check on every corner, but it feels like they don't know what they're doing. Queues are being created, our flight was earlier, but for some reason Moscow was launched and then they started yelling that the water supply was faster, but how can you get through the Muscovites?
The airport is spacious and not outdated. Four security checkpoints, cameras everywhere. Duty free is big, as are the prices in it. Cigars are not on sale. Alcohol is plentiful.
In general, it's not bad if you say "no" to everyone, because they ask for money for everything, even for tearing off toilet paper. They can conduct a random inspection upon arrival. After the inspection, without leaving the airport building, there is a very cheap duty free on the left if you need to buy cigarettes and alcohol. You will not find such prices anywhere else. But Tobacco is sold in a limited way, two blocks per passport.
Also, when going out in front of the free kids, they sell SIM cards, if you want to always be in touch, it's better to buy, it's not expensive, from $ 3.
Very thorough inspection when leaving the country. It is better to arrive in advance. When departing from the country, duty free is expensive, perfume is 30-60% more expensive than in Russia and Europe.
We checked it hard, but it's for the best. They were joking. They were laughing. Many things were unacceptable to me when checking. I won't write about it here, but I did speak out there. She wasn't shy. At some stages of the inspection, they were treated very roughly. Therefore, the score is lower.
There was no light, there was no opportunity to buy coffee, there were no testers with cosmetics at all, I wanted to buy a handbag at duty free, but there were only homemade bags like on the market), I did not see worse than the airport in terms of service and availability of products
The first impression is passable . when filling out the tourist questionnaire, do not bother. it is enough to write the first and last name as in the passport and the date of birth. if you need a visa, then at the same place at the ticket office . and on the bus . but there will be queues at departure , there is no waiting room at all . the goats on the X-ray are forced to take off everything and shove it into the X-ray machine . rings , glasses , jewelry , watches . there are no trays and all this falls down under the rollers . in front of me, the child stuck his hands in and the dummy behind the monitor turned on the tape until we started yelling . You'll be queuing all the way to the plane. carefully with the police , they can take you off the flight at once, there is no cafe , there is a dude with a drunk , but poor .
I have never seen such a terrible airport. Queues, employees with very strange behavior. We passed the inspection on departure from Sharm el-Sheikh 5 times. At the same time, they don't really look, unnecessary ostentatious fuss and that's it. It's a strange place...