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Luxor Airport Passenger Reviews and Luxor Airport Traveller Reports
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Luxor Airport customer review : 28 December 2010 by M Doray
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Customer Rating : 2/5 |  |
Arrived at 3pm for a 6pm flight. Long queue for security (just as you walk in the door -
before check in). I accidentally left more than 100ml liquids and my laptop in my bag but they
didn't detect it in the chaos. My wife's belt set off the security metal detector alarm but
the security staff were busy looking elsewhere in the chaos and didn't notice. Check in lines
were another long wait. Passport control only had 2 staff on, so another 20 min wait there. My
son wasn't visible to the passport control officer but that didn't stop his passport being
stamped by an officer clearly in a hurry. The policeman/officer who checks that you have a
passport stamp before moving to the next stage, couldn't find my stamp, but the queue was so
long he just waved us through, not checking any of our 4 passports. There are more
(duplicated) security checks to get to the gates, but this was equally lax and might as well
not have been there. The fellow supposed to be watching the xray screen was talking to his
mates. We had 15 minutes to rest at the gate before boarding. It looked like a modern airport,
but in the chaos and queues we didn't get to see it. Tip: get there early, expect chaos and
with that in mind you can't be disappointed.
Luxor Airport customer review : 28 October 2008 by K Jasmin
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Customer Rating : 2/5 | |
The airport building is much better maintained than Cairo, with shops and cafe. However like Cairo
there are very bad touts, particularly on the forecourt. I haven't experienced the ones at check in,
as others have, but this may be because of my flight time. Domestic check in is extremely chaotic
and disorganised for departures, with conflicting information. Arrivals (international) is similarly
chaotic for people who have no organised visas in advance, with long, poorly organised queues for
both visas and immigration (both with a shortage of workers). I recommend international visitors get
a visa in advance as this will save a lot of frustration at Luxor, as arrival is very disorientating
with guides, touts and unhelpful staff giving conflicting information. Beware the taxi touts outside
and be sure to have small denomination notes upon arrival for a bus into town.
LUXOR AIRPORT review : 3 August 2008 : by B Smith
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Customer Rating : 4/5 |  |
We used Luxor airport both for internal flight to Cairo and international flight to UK. On both
occasions it was clean and airy with plenty of space to sit. We were allowed to take our water with
us so no problem in buying drinks. Yes, there was someone 'selling' us toilet paper despite the
notices saying this was not allowed, but by then we knew their standard of living and if you can't
spare the odd pound when we have spent so much on a holiday, what does that say about us? We were
protected from harassment by 'helpers' by our rep. Altogether I thought using Luxor airport a
pleasant experience
LUXOR AIRPORT review : 21 June 2008 : by J Catherall
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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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