Whenever low-cost carriers have opened up new international routes, the sudden availability of cheap fares has had a very favourable impact on the local property market. Properties within a 20 mile radius the destination airport can rise in value by around 20%, and often by much more.

Flying to Egypt

Several low-cost carriers operate flights between London and Egypt; more and more low-cost operators are looking to offer flights to Egypt, so it is reasonable to expect a further lowering of fares in the coming years.

Direct flights to Egypt are classed as medium-haul and have an approximate duration of 4.5 - 5hrs. Here’s a sample of (return) air fares currently available:

Note: All fares are “from” and were sampled on the 25^th April 2008

London – Cairo

• British Airways - £276
• Air France - £281
• KLM - £245

London – Sharm El Sheikh

• XL Airways - £252
• flythomascook.com - £235
• easyJet - £215

London – Luxor

• thomsonfly.com - £245
• XL Airways - £250

London – Hurghada

• flythomascook.com - £138
• XL Airways - £256

Arabian Sands will periodically update this page as and when cheaper fares become available.