Thank you both for your suggestions. I took another look at the Tel Aviv flight. The trouble is that it lands at 4:25pm and the only flights out of TLV that he could make to CAI are connecting flights which don't arrive until 9:15am - so it doesn't work.

Unless, I'm missing something and please tell me if so.

I understand that some people make the drive from Israel to Egypt or take a bus, but I'm not sure if he is up that kind of adventure.

Regarding the suggestion to take a day flight out of ORD, JFK, or IAD - yes, that's a great idea and I've looked into that as well. The trouble is that even the earliest one that I can find - which is the Virgin Airways JFK-LHR at 7:30am and arrives at 7:10pm will not work. I cannot seem to find a connecting flight from LHR to CAI that would get him there by 8am the next morning.

It's frustrating because, in theory 31 hours should be plenty of time to go from the US East Coast to Egypt, but without a personal plane it's a tough one to do.

Any further suggestions?