There are 4 ways to get from Essen to Cairo by plane or train
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane DUS - CAI
8h 4m$164–467Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane CGN - CAI
8h 31m$204–455Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane FRA - CAI
9h 3m$208–571Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane AMS - CAI
10h 48m$217–529
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Cairo is to fly which costs $160 - $470 and takes 8h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Cairo is to fly which takes 8h 4m and costs $160 - $470.
The distance between Essen and Cairo is 3173 km.
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Essen to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 5:53 AM in Essen and 6:53 AM in Cairo.
There are 7578+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Cairo, Egypt?
Eurowings, Egyptair, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–280
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–490
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $18–28
- 1st Class
- $35–60
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $20–30
- 1st Class
- $35–65
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
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