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8-535: In October 2017, it was announced that the airport will be open to commercial flights in summer 2018 and is set to start experimental operations in October 2018. In January 2019 EgyptAir Express launched test flights to Hurghada , Sharm El Sheikh , Luxor and Aswan . On 1 January 2020, the airport received its first international flight from Jordan , operated by Fly Jordan. On 2 November 2022, scheduled flights from Sharm El Sheikh to Sphinx airport started. The airport

16-619: A cooling plant with a capacity of 1,440 tons of refrigeration. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Giza Sphinx Airport: This article about an airport in Egypt is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Egyptair Express Egyptair Express was a regional airline based in Cairo , Egypt. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Egyptair , established in 2006 to offer passengers increased frequencies on domestic and regional routes through

24-586: A rate of one per month, being replaced by the Airbus A220 operated by Egyptair mainline. It ceased operations in June 2020 after selling the last Embraer E170 The key trends for Egyptair Express are shown below (as at year ending 30 June). Figures for the years ending 30 June 2011 and 2012 (*) were delayed because of disruption caused by the Egyptian Revolution in early 2011, and the figures themselves reflect

32-521: A result of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum . The airport building is expected to include a travel hall with an area of 6,500 square meters (70,000 square feet), an arrival hall of 7,000 square meters, a food and beverage area of 1,000 square meters, duty-free shops, passport offices, an X-ray area and 28 check-in counters. This is in addition to a banking and quarantine area, a baggage claim area, eight passport counters, eight escalators, and

40-427: Is located on the field. The Cairo VOR-DME (Ident: CVO ) is located 25.6 nautical miles (47 km) east of the airport. In December 2020, it was reported the airport was being expanded to increase the total area from 4,500 to 23,000 square meters (48,000 to 248,000 square feet), helping to provide a capacity of 900 passengers per hour instead of 300. This is to accommodate an increase in passenger traffic expected as

48-582: Is operational but still undergoing final fit. The airport is adjacent to and shares some infrastructure with the Cairo West Air Base . It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road . The main runway (16R/34L) is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the Cairo West runway complex. The aircraft parking ramp and terminal facilities are on the west side of the runway. The Cairo West TACAN (Ident: BLA )

56-520: The amount of destinations served by the airline at the airport with the possibility of operating to cities in Italy, Germany, Morocco and India non-stop. As of 4 November 2019, as part of Aviation Minister Air Marshal Younes Hamed 's restructuring plan, Egyptair Express has been completely merged with Egyptair , its parent company. It continued to operate the Embraer E170 which was gradually being sold at

64-556: The use of smaller aircraft. The airline had been a member of Star Alliance , through the membership of its parent company, Egyptair, since July 2008. On 4 November 2019, it was merged with its parent Egyptair as part of a restructuring plan. Egyptair Express was created in May 2006 and launched operations on 1 June 2007. In January 2018, it was announced that the airline would open a base at Sharm El Sheikh International Airport for its incoming fleet of Airbus A220-300s , this would increase

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