Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
2770 reviews
January 22
Nice airport, spacious. But there is a caveat, if you do not buy a local SIM card, then you cannot use Wi-Fi at the airport. Toilets could be cleaned better.
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October 11, 2024
The work is well-established. The degree of control is the highest! They check from head to toe. We counted 8 checks from the entrance to the landing. Everyone is polite. Well done.
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January 7
It was in December 2024, a normal airport. The procedure is quite fast, there are Dutifru, coffee shops.
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December 30, 2024
The worst airport in the world, dirty toilets, incomprehensible checks, tormenting passengers.... A roll of thin plastic bags was taken away from me, it seems that the workers just came out of the jungle . Complete lack of common sense
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January 5
A standard airport with its own pros and cons. The main advantage is the smoking area with high ceilings, a powerful ventilation system and a large bar. The main disadvantage is the standard: 0.3 cola costs $ 5!!! I understand that this is the territory of uncontrolled enrichment, but if you reduce the price by 2 times, the turnover will increase by 3 or 4 times!
From a security point of view: This is the first airport, they took my lighter!!! But! At the same time, no one paid attention to the water bottle and not once a kitchen knife in my backpack!!!
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December 2, 2024
Sooooo long queues and an endless number of inspections. Queues are poorly organized, a lot of people climb without a queue. On November 24, we stood in queues for all 3 hours to the airport.
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August 17, 2024
THE MOST TERRIBLE AIRPORT! It all starts with a kind of inspection, which no one cares about! My backpack is stuck in the X-ray track, no one cares! All the suitcases have already passed by the huge queue, I'm trying to get through to the person checking that my backpack is there (ALTHOUGH HE SEES IT HIMSELF AND DOESN'T CARE!) only after a while did he get up in displeasure (because a woman here cannot open her mouth) and slowly went to get him! All the inspectors are behaving terribly arrogant! Then, after checking in for the flight and passing through customs, the second inspection begins, where women and men go through different queues. (There are no shoe covers, no shoe containers) Then miracles generally happen for different sexes, my husband and I are already heading downstairs, as the woman sitting at the control starts yelling "girl, girl, let's look at the backpack" (I remind you he has already passed TWO X-rays!) but no one cares, she starts rummaging in her backpack and this is only with women, no one checked her husband's backpack! Then everything is fine , in duty free they asked for a dollar at the checkout for just putting the purchased bottle in a bag ! A DOLLAR FOR PUTTING A BOTTLE IN A BAG ! Let's imagine this in Sheremetyevo? Then it's more fun, after going to the waiting room, the third or fourth control comes after the backpack is removed manually, there again people are divided into men and women, and again it is women who have total digging in things! Finally , I was generally struck by how the inspector asked the woman standing behind me , "are there no lighters ?lighters are not allowed" In Sheremetyevo, they saw a lighter at the first control, and then after a million controls they just ask you a question, a fucking approach to work! Don't put your foot in that bottom anymore!
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December 24, 2024
The airport is good, but the staff is always looking to get more money out of you. It's like they're not tourists. And the wallets. Prices at the airport are higher than at Domodedovo.
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October 25, 2023
In general, the airport is like an airport. It's very clean for Egypt. There is a place to sit and wait. Of the minuses - duty free is expensive. I saw Cola in plastic bottles with a volume of 0.2 for $ 2 for the first time. And there was no other volume. And an additional inspection at the exit to the landing finished off completely. For what and to whom it is needed, I did not understand. The Arabs were climbing into backpacks with their hands and looking for something.
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March 16
I didn't like the lack of a scoreboard in the right amount. The flights are vaguely announced in Russian. Security checks. There were 4 personal searches. There is no such thing anywhere. Another policeman got attached and demanded to hand over Russian chocolates, sunflower seeds, and chewing gum. The Egyptian SIM card. Rough.
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November 24, 2024
Inspection at each stage.
Carry water, but no lighters.
The male staff, almost all uncultured, ill-mannered and boorish.
Begging even on the scanner - they asked to give them a cord to charge the phone during my inspection🤦♂️
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March 10
A small airport. But dirty. The toilet in the departure area is only on the third floor. Except for the ground floor, everything is desolate. Maybe because the beginning of March is not yet the season.
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March 29
Oh, this is terrible, I think you're being fucked, even they make you take off your shoes and go through a barefoot check, even for children, they're very rude.You go through the check 4 times until you reach the waiting room. There are people there, there's not even room to sit.
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September 10, 2024
I would like the staff to be adequate already! Not only is the airport dirty, so sorry Russians are being scolded, as if they were to blame for the plane crash, and not their employee! The toilets are dirty, you don't want to touch anything, there are no shoe covers, if you don't have socks with you, you will walk barefoot on the floor!!! They sit , chat , drink tea, I don't know where such rules still exist, even in Goa there is no such thing, although initially the area is dirty. 6 checks, it is not clear why tickets and passport are checked a hundred times😂
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March 6
It is a small airport, and the organization of arrivals and departures is poorly organized. Long queues, searched 4 times. Filling out entry cards is not thought out: there are a lot of people, there are no tables, there are no pens. Why can't they be filled on the plane? You will be lucky if there is no flight delay...
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June 25, 2024
Wash your hands for a dollar! Food costs a lot of money (it's clear that it's more expensive at the airport, it's always like that, but how do you get 1 slice of pizza for 900 rubles?))
Not only is the dollar exchange rate sky-high at the airport, they also round up any remainder in their favor. It's very smoky, so much so that my head starts to ache godlessly. If you suddenly get hungry, I recommend taking the Egyptian pound with you to the airport, so at least they won't cheat with dollar rounding.
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August 8, 2024
I immediately recommend to stock up on ballpoint pens, because you need to fill out migration cards. This is mandatory, they are collected later at passport control! The main data to fill in is the first name, last name, date and place of birth, flight number and place of departure. For those who have issued a visa to travel to Cairo, etc., this should be indicated on the back. Those who stay only in Sinai write like that. I would like to note separately that the "bazaar" in Egypt begins from the very arrival. There are women selling a "quick pass" for $20 per person. And at the control, it seems as if they are deliberately "pulling the rubber" so that these women can earn money. With regard to departure: you go through 3 cordon, so find a place in advance for a belt, phone, watch, etc., so as not to constantly shove it all into bags. When I flew out, at the first inspection, the employee was watching football and "rooting" for his favorite team. He probably didn't care about safety, the main thing was the goal)) at the second examination, the woman sang songs and looked at my nails. It was weird. On the third inspection, right in front of the gate, the most interesting thing happened. After passing into the green corridor, I had a desire to walk through duty-free, but immediately on the speakerphone they announced some last chance to go to the boarding gate. Since I couldn't bring water with me, I decided to quickly buy water and chips on the plane. A bottle of water costs $1, but they charged me 7 bucks for pringles chips! Although the total amount at the checkout was $4.99. I didn't find out anything, I was in a hurry, but I recommend that you bargain even at the airport! At the last inspection, they examined again and the girl who examined the women had a metal detector broken. The men passed everything, but the women had to wait an extra 20 minutes))) we reassured ourselves that safety is above all else))) but time flew by faster. The staff is more or less kind, mostly everyone speaks and understands Russian. have a nice flight and a soft landing)))
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October 2, 2024
It is not a large, but quite a decent airport, the process of waiting for boarding is poorly organized. Triple check during the passage, personal inspection of hand luggage in the waiting area.
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March 24
On the plus side, the airport is beautiful inside and out, made in the form of a tent.
On the downside, there are dirty seats in the waiting room (they somehow found a place to sit), and a persistent stench of urine in the area of the women's toilets. There is no basic soap in the toilets.
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February 11
Safety is their strong suit, we were checked 4 times at the airport before departure, otherwise it is a fairly comfortable and understandable airport, you can fly 🙂
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December 24, 2024
Three is the maximum that can be delivered to this airport. Lots of useless/unnecessary searches. Terrible toilets and it's crazy to make one dollar on anything (((
And these are the descendants of the Pharaohs (((
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August 19, 2024
Everything is fine, when we arrived at the airport building, someone was apparently greeted with a buffet and clowns, somehow it did not work out very well, it would be much more interesting and effective to focus on national themes.
They immediately bought a local SIM card that was not expensive, but they could not change the money, for some reason the bank was closed in broad daylight.
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September 11, 2024
The airport, to put it bluntly, is very fast! Little. There are not many amenities. The staff is constantly arranging some kind of hustle. Maybe only with Russians? Question. The prices for everything are astronomical. In the duty-free zone, they wind up their price on top of the one on the price tag. In general, it's a two. After a rest, you want to finally comfortably wait for departure, and not jostle in queues.
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December 1, 2024
A standard international airport. Enhanced baggage checks, taking into account the possibility of terrorist attacks....
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January 24
Vodafone at the exit of the arrival area are scammers. A 20-gig SIM card for $15!!! - it turned out to be a card with a 10 GIG tariff for 133 pounds. That's it. I couldn't check it on the spot, and it turned out to be an experience.
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October 18, 2024
When boarding, you can ask the local guys at the counter. For 500 rubles, everything will be processed quickly. You can only take two liters per person in a dutik. (They put a mark in the passport)
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June 23, 2024
A separate story. Be prepared to leave Sharm El Sheikh as well. The guides took us on the transfer, then themselves. While they were unloading, the locals offered for money the absence of queues and quick passage, passports are already being checked at the entrance to the airport. Inside, it's hard to figure out which queue to get in. Then they check your passports again, and also check your suitcases and feel you out. When checking in, Ural Airlines employees (also local, who do not speak Russian) demand for money to choose a place nearby, put everyone in a chaotic order for free, and separate families. While waiting in line, special people also offer a quick pass for money. Then there is a long queue at passport control. Then they touch the bags again. Then they can put it individually on the frame, check it. Next, there are boarding gates near the shops (it's hard to call duty free), all open, except for those that fly to Russia. Again, passport checks, clearance and rummaging in hand luggage. There is no air conditioning, no toilet, no water inside.
There are a lot of long queues at the airport, and the attitude towards passengers is disgusting. Ural Airlines, pay attention to your employees!!
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May 10, 2024
When you come to Sharm El Sheikh, you need to prepare for filling out a special visa card, it is in English and Arabic. In advance, look at the filling sample on the Internet, make a screenshot. Prepare a pen in advance)) If you are not planning a trip outside Sharm El Sheikh, you do not need to purchase a visa. If you don't want to fill it out yourself, you need to pay $10.
When departing from Sharm El Sheikh airport, the requirements for the transportation of medicines were relaxed. We took the necessary documents for transportation from the pharmacy in advance, but we did not need to present them. Only hand luggage was searched. The luggage was not opened. This is the first time. It should be noted that staying at the airport during departure and arrival has become more comfortable. It goes faster, the attitude of the staff is friendlier))
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December 15, 2024
The airport is large, spacious, with 6 exits. For tourists of the Russian Federation there are 5 and 6 exits with additional special verification. Sometimes there are people in one queue for 2 departures. The toilet for women is on the first floor, and for men on the second, which is not very convenient. There are places for snacks (pizza is about $ 9, coffee is $ 5), there is a huge separate compartment with a bar for smokers. There is a business lounge on the second floor, but it is not worth spending the passages there, the costs of food and drink are not justified. This terminal 1 is a separate building, definitely better than Terminal 2 (flew from RB).
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November 19, 2024
Dirty toilets, unhurried staff
The waiting areas are opened 40 minutes before departure, all this time they are empty (why?). You were brought by transfer 4 hours before departure, and there is nowhere to even sit down here.
Well, nonsense
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January 27
Very long registration! They are trying to take money for filling out the cards . Frenzied queues! It's very difficult to go through all these unorganized events from a flight!
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July 16, 2024
Upon arrival-
Passport control was significantly slow. One girl in the queue fainted from the stuffiness. Some terrorists in bags on their heads were allowed to pass out of turn, and in whole camps.
Upon departure, the passport was checked 7 times. And at all.
1 frame at the entrance with all the things. Then the second frame is already with hand luggage, and in front of the gate once again - a full load of hand luggage and groping. Moreover, they groped in both cases with a frame.
2 times they took a sticker from clothes like viruses, why like- the second time they took one sticker from me and a random woman. She was released- I stood waiting for the result.
The prices in the airport are simply amazing. A piece of pizza is 8 bucks. Basically, any portion of food is 8-10 bucks. When in the country, a po of 150 bucks is considered normal. The so-called dutifrey is stupid and also a space of price. From here, the sitting is sold with their feet on the counter. In general, they threw a pan of tar into a barrel of honey (time spent at the hotel and at the sea).
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January 1
In terms of compliance with safety, hygiene, sanitation, and goods requirements, duty is a solid 2!!! Before departure, do not forget shoe covers, antibacterial napkins, you will be healthier)))
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December 17, 2024
Safety, security, security. For a long time, meticulously. It is possible that all control lines may take two hours. That's how it was with us recently. We are tolerant. Of course it's exhausting, especially if it's at night.
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May 9, 2024
On May 8, I took off late in the evening from the airport in Sharm El Sheikh to Samara. This is not the first time I have visited Egypt and I know the scheme of inspections on departure. I am not against a thorough search, this is primarily our safety. There is no question about this. The main question for the organization of inspections: to pass the first inspection with a frame, you need to show your passport and a plane ticket. The tour group and I arrived 2.50 hours before departure, while we were told to wait 10 minutes. The airport employee was smiling, tried to speak broken Russian, generally very pleasant, but when after 10 minutes he started checking passports, literally after each person he was distracted by his other colleagues, hugged, kissed, told something cheerfully ... while naturally everyone standing with suitcases in a huge queue (and this only 1 control) were outraged. Then, at the check-in, problems began with paying for excess baggage (payments did not take place, but I agree, there are a lot of tourists here. ), customs and post-customs inspection with shoe removal was quick. Before boarding, the inspection of hand luggage was carried out by a girl for women and a man for men. The men went through everything very quickly, the women, as always, had problems, but in general, the staff did not allow themselves anything superfluous, as other tourists sometimes wrote in reviews (for example, they took and used the cream of a tourist). The flight was delayed for an hour as a result.
In general, I think such a thorough inspection is necessary in connection with the situation in the world, but I would like the management to instruct employees about more clearly fulfilling their duties without being distracted by outside matters.
Ps the toilets at the airport are dirty. Even in the business lounge, the toilet is worse than in ordinary provincial airports in Russia
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March 1, 2024
A good airport, despite checks at all levels of the passage, it does not tire, a huge smoking room, everything is clean and good, the prices in the cafe are of course prohibitive, well, sometimes you can afford it. I recommend
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August 5, 2024
It is difficult to assess here. There are problems with cleanliness, of course. Perhaps repairs could be done. In general, it is quite large, spacious, and bright. They speak Russian a little and well
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November 5, 2023
A small international airport. The toilets are clean, there are ducats. The workers are unhurried as always. In general, an ordinary African harbor. Ours are many times better, and I'm not talking about Moscow, but the same Sochi and Kaliningrad, for example. On the plus side, there are always places to sit down during the day. Sometimes it's very difficult to find a place here.
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November 18, 2024
We liked everything not so much as usual as in Hurghada and Duty Free, they generally have a huge selection of awesome
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February 5
It's just terrible what they're doing there, if they stick with a bag bigger than a baggie, then with shawarma it's like extra luggage and they ask for money for everything, be careful with overloading
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December 1, 2024
The airport is good, but very small, there is an eternal queue at the check-in desk, as employees constantly leave their place. And 300 passengers pass through one counter
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November 23, 2024
Baggage check-in is slow. Tourists are treated badly during inspections, they are rude and yell. Before departure, the inspection was carried out using a primitive method, the employee rummaged through the bags grumbling and swearing. Heaven and earth compared to Sheremetyevo.
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March 14
The most terrible places were given, the prices of souvenirs are among the disadvantages
One of the advantages is a modern building, courteous staff
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June 13, 2024
It's a disgusting place, probably the most terrible airport in terms of service that I've been to. Each stage that a tourist goes through after getting off the bus that takes you to the terminal for passport control requires money. Filling out a migration card without money is not a grateful task, we immediately issued everything for money, people who filled out the representatives of the tour operator without money did not put the necessary stamp on this form and then the border control staff sent them back again to queue for the guides for printing and almost everyone who did not pay was like that for the first time I saw a special fast truck that is sold right in front of the border crossing window did not specify how much it costs, but I think it is not very expensive. Border control officers work very slowly, as if deliberately forcing people to use the option described above. On the return flight, I saw for the first time that you can check in for a flight just for money if you don't want to stand in line, this service costs 50 forever green, everyone also works extremely long for boarding, in 6 windows, registration of one family can take up to 5 minutes and it's even families of 2 people, they can calmly get up from the table and go say hello to your friend, this is generally the norm, while we were standing in line it happened 3 times, they can just walk away to talk, and then sit down at the workplace again. It's completely absurd. In duty free, the store employee at the checkout who puts your goods in a package will demand $ 1 for putting purchases in your package, this is generally what kind of story I don't understand.
I think the Egyptians have become too arrogant and greedy
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April 29, 2024
Very contradictory feelings about the airport. From the inspection and the obvious overkill, it seems that they are trying to banter the Russians. It came to a conflict with a small Egyptian cop who tried to threaten, grab a weapon, but was sent away. And then the most interesting thing happened. As usual, the tour was purchased in advance and with both flights, round-trip by Aeroflot charter. It still remains a mystery to me how it happened that at the check-in desk in Sharma it suddenly turned out that there were not enough seats on the plane for 11 passengers?! Including for us with a 7-year-old child. And this despite the fact that the queue of 30 people for baggage check-in lasted exactly an hour! Aeroflot representatives turned out to be all Egyptians and suddenly forgot how to speak Russian. We talked to them in English. It was said that there were no seats, the next plane to Moscow (and we paid for Peter and we needed to go there) would fly in 6 hours, wait. The result is a new conflict and our condition: all boarding passes are in our hands right now, from Charm to Moscow and from Moscow to St. Petersburg on docked flights. A long consultation of swarthy Aeroflot employees followed with telephone calls to the bosses and suddenly, miraculously, there were seats on our plane! Then they all ran because they no longer had time to land. I barely jumped into a packed bus, which took us exactly 200 meters to the plane!
I can't convey all the emotions, but I don't want to go to Egypt anymore. Conclusion: the airport (represented by the staff) is a complete sludge!
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July 28, 2023
Everything is convenient, everything is clear. Excellent work of the security service. The staff is polite and friendly. I forgot my phone during the inspection, caught myself about five minutes later and returned to the inspection point. Everything was returned when I lifted the lock. When choosing seats on the plane, I was also heard by the check-in staff. Thank you very much. There are many food courts for snacking, the prices are the same in them. The Dutik is good, a great choice. In terms of cleaning, the airport is also at 5, everything is often and cozy. July 2023.
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January 18
No questions, I fucked up myself, and for $ 10 I filled out the registration form upon arrival (where the local informants entered my last name and passport number))).
Three-stage flight control. We queued for 1.5 hours to register(
Twice we were asked for Alyonka's chocolate))
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September 21, 2024
The airport is not big, the prices are cosmic. There is one roll of toilet paper for everyone in the toilet, while a woman is standing in the toilet and watching everyone. Some kind of Stone Age. Flights are delayed due to a very long and thorough inspection. When boarding the bus, my husband's lighter was taken away and they forced me to open the medicines (new in factory packaging).
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July 18, 2023
A small and comfortable airport in principle. On the day of arrival, the controls were passed quickly and without queues and the luggage was promptly received. On the day of departure, we noticed a very strict, multi-level inspection - a lot of all sorts of frames, they wipe everyone with papers (apparently for explosives), they make them take off their shoes - well done, that's how you need to check everyone before flights. I took off the ball for a meager dutik (not a big store with a small list of goods) and for high prices in a cafe, for example, a sandwich from 700 rubles., coffee 500, a slice of pizza 800. There is no normal food, Burger King opens only at 10.00. There is a smoking room, a large one even with a bar. In a cafe with employees, you can exchange an Egyptian SIM card (after departure, it is unlikely that it will be useful to you already) for coffee, even for two)
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October 10, 2024
A small cozy airport, help everywhere, from imposing luggage carrying to passing without a check-in queue, etc., everything would be fine if it weren't for intrusive services!
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