LUXOR AIRPORT review : 21 June 2008 : by J Catherall

Customer Rating : 4/5

Arrived and fortunately did not have as much hassle from the porters having had a speedy passage through immigration. Arrival hall was clean and cool, direct to waiting coach to nile cruise ship. Return from Luxor started with a wait to pass through scanners before check in. Check in easy, remember to collect a form the check in desk which you have to fill in - it seems its another kind of boarding card. Upstairs to shops and refreshment opportunities, plenty of seats available, comfortable waiting time but you do need to check the info panels -voice messages are vague in indistinct. Toilets clean but there was a backsheesh man ready with paper towel and open hand in spite of the notice forbidding the practice. Roomy and cool departure gate / waiting area but the seats present a bit of a maze to get to the gate.

Luxor Airport by N Farrelly

14 June 2007   Customer Rating :

When we arrived at Luxor airport & got off the coach, all I can say was what appeared like a pack of wolves were waiting to 'help' with bags. Now I'm a 6ft, 17.5 stone bloke so am well capable but even despite this, I ended up almost having to wrestle my bag away from a very eager 'helper' who all the time was whispering under his breath "drink please", interspersed with "something". It appeared as if there was a supervisor or someone that they didn't want to hear their 'requests' - if so - they were spectacularly unsuccessful in stamping out this sort of over-aggressive 'help'. Having managed to wrestle free of the initial wave of 'helpers' & get inside the building, once again there was another 'helper' to lift bags onto the x-ray belt. This time however as he didn't have any English phrases apparently, the 'helper' was saying something in Egyptian (again whispering) while showing me an Egyptian 10 Pound note folded in the palm of his hand as a 'prompt.' Having now managed to get through these 2 levels of 'assistance' there was of course another 'helper' at the other end of the x-ray machine who was equally 'helpful' in taking the bag off the belt & similarly looking for money! Next up was the check-in desk itself & yes - you have guessed it - there was yet another 'helper' at the head of the queue to again lift the bag onto the check-in conveyor. There is a sign on display at the desk stating that all baggage 'assistance' was free of charge but this was clearly not having any effect on the various 'helpers' that have to be negotiated/overcome. Finally - naturally there is the customary 'help' in the toilets where even though I am at 46 yrs of age well capable of washing & drying my hands, I was presented with some toilet paper with the by now customary demand for money. All in all - never again!

Luxor Airport by B Barry

21 June 2006   Customer Rating : n/a

I would agree with the above comments. The only smoking areas are the restaurants, where you are obliged to buy at least 1 beverage, and at £E17 for a really rough coffee, we felt a bit ripped off. They were also charging £E13 for a kids lollypop which would cost 25p in the UK. On check in, there was a guy lifting hand luggage onto the X-ray machine (you had no choice in this), then getting stroppy because all I had was a £E10 - the equivalent of £1 Sterling for 2 seconds work!

Luxor Airport by Jenny Bentley

21 December 2005

I gather that Luxor airport is new: a resident told me that this was the 3rd airport building she'd used in the last 8 years. It certainly looked new and was quite impressive but possibly this was because I was on one of the first flights of the day. First appearances however were deceptive. Check in was a painless and efficient procedure but upstairs in departures, there's no pre-gate seating apart from restaurants and we were politely told to leave the area (although only about 5% of the seating capacity was occupied!) unless we ordered. I'd expected the toilets to be hassle-free (unlike the town!) but even there I was asked for baksheesh, and I'd provided my own paper! At the gate, everyone was asked for their ticket (not their boarding pass) which seemed unnecessarily officious.






 

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