QR J: LXR-BKK rt £580
Dec 29, 2016, 7:12 am
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QR J: LXR-BKK rt £580
I know ex-CAI has been all the rage since the devaluation of the Egyptian pound. If you can get to Luxor the deal gets much sweeter than ex-CAI.
https://www.google.com/flights/?curr...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
Many dates available, other destinations also available for a little bit more.
https://www.google.com/flights/?curr...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
Many dates available, other destinations also available for a little bit more.
Dec 29, 2016, 7:22 am
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Dec 31, 2016, 3:45 pm
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I think he was commenting on the Istanbul Airport bombing combined with the other bombings around town. IMO - both are major security concerns and if luck is not on your side then regrets may arise. 99.999999% safe but .0000001% not so.
I personally have flown to / thru Egypt and Turkey and the security seems pretty tight to me. I have no real concerns flying to these countries. They are not in the same league as below.
I personally would not fly via/to Kabul, Baghdad, Damascas, Mogadishu
I personally have flown to / thru Egypt and Turkey and the security seems pretty tight to me. I have no real concerns flying to these countries. They are not in the same league as below.
I personally would not fly via/to Kabul, Baghdad, Damascas, Mogadishu
Jan 1, 2017, 2:31 pm
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what silliness !Qatar uses Terminal 1 at Cairo airport, together with British Airways and other airlines not members of Star Alliance.
ALL aircraft at T1 use remotely parking for the simplest of reasons: there are no contact stands
.Qatar does not do a "quick turn". Neither does British Airways - it stays for over 9 hours.
QR (plus BA and other carriers) will be moving from T1 to T2 (indeed, may already have moved). T2 is a new terminal, equipped with contact stands/airbridge: so QR passengers will now be able to enjoy direct boarding.
Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian operate with EgyptAir and other StarAlliance carriers from T3. And yes, they use airbridges.
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Jan 2, 2017, 1:47 am
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Thanks for your compliment 
At least 2 of the 3 daily QR flight do a quick-turn, those planes stay on the ground just over an hour.
Indeed, there aren't any aviobridges so it remotely parked.
T2 opened a few months back, but no airlines have been shifted from T1 to T2 yet.
At least 2 of the 3 daily QR flight do a quick-turn, those planes stay on the ground just over an hour.
Indeed, there aren't any aviobridges so it remotely parked.
T2 opened a few months back, but no airlines have been shifted from T1 to T2 yet.
Jan 2, 2017, 2:27 pm
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Incorrect; the following airlines have already moved from CAI T1 to CAI T2 (some more than three months ago) - AT / BA / J9 / KU / RJ / SV.