Flights

[egypt]

GB Airways had a low demand for Hurghada so only ran in the winter months. as EasyJet have now taken over they are no longer running the route due to peak times being full but other periods wide open.

Airlines are not providing cheap tickets like before as the Taxes & Fuel Surcharges on this flights are almost the cost of the ticket so you will very rarely find something less than £200 and there are now only a few companies offering flights as Thomas Cook has bought My Travel, Panorama and Airtours thereby alleviating any competition.

Astraeus probably remains one of the better options and you can buy these from a company called Teleticket who offer competative prices as they hold an allocation.

Hope this helps

[Roger]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

Anyone who lives in Ireland (North or South) are completely stuck because we have to fly to one of the mainland airports first, try and get the flight times to tie in and then fly on to hurghada. The connecting flight can cost anything up to £100 each!!!!
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Hopefully this will change in the near future but at the moment you can only fly from Dublin to Sharm on a package deal.

Lyndsay

Thanks, Lyndsay, invaluable information. Add to your troubles the fact that I really need to fly from Cork...

We booked a flight only through Budget Travel for the summer (unfortunately from Dublin to Luxor). There's not a huge saving, although we got accommodation a fair bit cheaper. We did it to avoid the Package Tour transfers of ~8 hours. A taxi from Luxor to Hurghada is only LE350!

I'll look further into bringing the family via Europe, but I don't think they'll be up for all the messing around with flight changes, etc.

[queenie40something]

Hi Roger try Egyptair as you can get really cheap flights from Luxor to Hurghada - pick Egypt as the country as you enter the site as the prices will be cheaper.

[lyndsay552]

Hi Roger,

Who did you get the flights from dublin to luxor with? Are they direct?

Lyndsay

[Roger]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi Roger try Egyptair as you can get really cheap flights from Luxor to Hurghada - pick Egypt as the country as you enter the site as the prices will be cheaper.

Lost my web connection last night Will try later today...

[Roger]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

Hi Roger,

Who did you get the flights from dublin to luxor with? Are they direct?

Lyndsay

I booked it through Budget, and, yes, it's direct. We did consider breaking the journey in Luxor for a day or two and then travelling down, but we just want to get to El Gouna

The one thing we didn't want was the transfer with the tour operator. Advertised as a 4 hour transfer it actually took 8 hours. We had to wait for other flights so went from hotel lobby to hotel lobby while all the coaches gathered and then a slooooow convoy down to Hurghada. I would rather pay for the taxi, or a flight if I can sort one out.

[queenie40something]

Hi Roger what dates are you travelling? What are your flight times ?

[Roger]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi Roger what dates are you travelling? What are your flight times ?

Hi Queenie, we arrive Luxor 25/06/08 @ 1550 and depart 09/07/08 @ 1650. I can check myself later if you have better things to do. I really appreciate the help, but don't want to take up all your time!

[queenie40something]

Originally Posted by Roger

Hi Queenie, we arrive Luxor 25/06/08 @ 1550 and depart 09/07/08 @ 1650. I can check myself later if you have better things to do. I really appreciate the help, but don't want to take up all your time!

Hi Roger - no probs - gives me something to do and certainly more rewarding than doing the housework!! I will have a look now.

[queenie40something]

Hi Roger just checked and the flight prices at the moment are too dear - over £100 each!!