There are 7 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Egypt by plane, car, car train, bus, or car ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LHR - CAI
7h 56m$185–556Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Coach Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LGW - CAI
10h 53m$183–358Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cairo
2d 4hFly London Heathrow Airport to Borg El Arab, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Borg El Arab (HBE)LHR - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
10h 42mFly London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)STN - CAI
11h 32m$228–458Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Borg El Arab, bus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Coach Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Borg El Arab (HBE)LGW - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
12h 19mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cairo
2d 5h$973–1,498
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Egypt is to bus and fly which costs $180 - $360 and takes 10h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Egypt is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs $180 - $600.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Egypt is 3563 km.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Egypt, including transfers.
Egypt is 2h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 5:56 PM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 7:56 PM in Egypt.
There are 7583+ hotels available in Egypt.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Egypt?
British Airways, Egyptair, and Aegean Airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) every 4 hours.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–450
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–450
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–450
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–350
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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