ahram online
23 October 2026
Egypt aims to increase its airports' annual passenger capacity to more than 122 million by 2030, with projects underway to increase capacity at several airports, Civil Aviation Minister Sameh Elhefny said on Thursday.
Egypt's airports currently have an annual passenger capacity of 73 million, with Cairo Airport handling over 31 million passengers.
Cairo Airport Terminal 4, with estimated investments of $4.2 billion, is expected to raise the airport's annual passenger capacity to 70 million in its first phase, with a longer-term target of 110 million passengers annually after 2041.
Upcoming projects at El-Alamein, Sphinx, and New Capital airports are expected to add around 12 million passengers annually to the country's total airport capacity, Elhefny said.
The ministry is also upgrading Egypt's airspace management infrastructure. It invested over $400 million in modernizing radar systems, satellite networks, and communications infrastructure, as well as restructuring air routes and operational procedures...
