Luxor Airport

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.