Originally Posted by
RTW1
CAI is an horrible airport.....
+1 or at least the Terminal Qatar and BA fly from (terminal 1 I think)
It is old, there is a crowd of people at the door to hassle you. The duty free shop in terminal 1 arrivals feels like a soviet era shop, the shelves were mostly empty with a few random old looking things lying around.
The lounge is kinda nice in a very unique way. Kinda like the lobby of an old hotel.
Cairo is a mess of a city and the airport is one of the messiest I have been to. That said I really liked the city. It is very different and while it is clearly poor, it felt very safe even walking around late at night.