Recommendations for Flights to Hurghada from US

[Laurie S.]

I'm trying to find the best economy class flight for us in August from Tucson, Arizona to Hurgada. Any recommendations?

 

[Laurie S.]

Think I found the best way, go to LAX, then head east. Shorter international flight and $200 cheaper, including a Southwest flight there.

 

[rayaa3]

We did a multi leg journey.

States to Heathrow, spend a night. We used American for this but there are tons of options.

Then air egypt for Heathrow to Cairo, 2 hour layover then Cairo to hurghada.

Reverse on the way back, we spent 4 days in London and touristed there.

It was not cheap. I could not find a cheap option.

There were some small airlines that flew london to hurghada direct less expensively but they nickel and dime you for everything...bags, food, etc.

 

[Graeme Fraser]

London to Hurghada leg, either Thomson or Queasy Jet (sorry, Easyjet).

Thomson definitely nicer on a Dreamliner plus extra 5kg luggage allowance with diver cert card.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Buy a roundtrip to whatever major European gateway city is cheapest for you and hosts budget airlines that serve Hurghada--London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Istanbul or whatever. That's what we did.

 

[Laurie S.]

We're only going one way to Hurghada, because after diving the Red Sea and doing a week of archaeological touring, we go to Anilao to dive, and the to Alor. Basically, going all the way around the world. We're going to go the LAX route. I checked the London route and it's much more expensive for us, whether we fly from Tucson or Phoenix.

 

[Hoag]

Have you considered flying through Toronto? I think Egyptair flies non-stops Toronto to Cairo. I have no idea about the price, but it could be an option.

 

[Laurie S.]

Yes, I've tried several places. The problem is getting a good flight from Tucson to a hub. There are more options from Phoenix, but that also is expensive due to the shuttle to go up there. Since we'll be gone for more than a month, I don't want to park at the airport. So far, the best I've found is to go west a bit first. The flight from LAX is nonstop to Istanbul, then continues to Hurghada eight hours later. I'm hoping to get a short tour while in Istanbul.

 

[Lorenzoid]

IST is a good hub for Red Sea flights. As for spending a few hours there, I recall someone posting about that. I’m not sure what he ended up doing. Maybe search for it.

 

[Laurie S.]

I realized that our layover is in the evening, so we'll hang out in the airport. I did find a flight that has a little shorter layover.