There are 6 ways to get from Ireland to Cairo by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane SNN - CAI
12h 34m$228–711Fly Dublin Airport to Cairo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane DUB - CAI
9h 20m$182–416Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane BHD - CAI
12h 5m$236–770Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Cairo International Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane NOC - CAI
15h 2m$241–778Fly Cork Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane ORK - CAI
11h 31m$186–758Fly Dublin Airport to Borg El Arab, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane DUB - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
- Take the train from Alexandria to Cairotrain
16h 32m
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Cairo is to fly which costs $180 - $420 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Cairo is to fly which takes 9h 20m and costs $180 - $420.
The distance between Ireland and Cairo is 4170 km.
It takes approximately 12h 34m to get from Ireland to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 5:34 PM in Ireland and 6:34 PM in Cairo.
There are 2494+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Ireland and Cairo, Egypt?
Aer Lingus, Egyptair, and five other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cairo International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cairo International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cork Airport to Cairo International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cairo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cairo International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Borg El Arab via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Borg El Arab via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $10–15
- Phone
- 1661
- support@enr.gov.eg
- Website
- enr.gov.eg
Train from Alexandria to Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- enr.gov.eg
- Tourist
- $17–35
- Talgo
- $26–40
- VIP Special Express
- $26–35
- Spanish Express
- $21–26
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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
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