The airport itself is normal: it is small, and there are separate queues for departure to Moscow. However, the inspection procedure leaves an extremely negative impression. There are too many stages of verification, and the last one — at the boarding gate — looks just humiliating. In front of all the passengers, the staff opens your hand luggage and goes through each item with their hands. It's just impossible to tolerate. I understand that these are security measures, but is it really impossible to notice something wrong after the previous three checks? Why would you touch all your personal belongings with your bare hands? If the item is allowed to be transported, they can still get to the bottom of every little thing. They almost threw away a new perfume with a volume of 50 ml, and I had to stand and prove that such a norm is acceptable. I think something needs to be done about it. Because of these endless inspections, boarding is always delayed, everything happens very slowly. A separate art form is the first flight from Cairo. You can simply observe the shock of people: when everyone goes to board, the guard directs them back to put a seal where the inspection was completed. Everyone has to run headlong to get a stamp, run back, go through a manual inspection and make it to boarding. In short, the adventures here are endless.…

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Ольга С.

Level 11 Local Expert

The train runs about once every 10-15 minutes, you can go from terminal 2 to terminal 1 in about 15 minutes too. There are no signs. From the parking lot between the 2nd and 3rd terminals, you need to stand facing the 2nd, go to the right entrance. There, immediately go right again and climb the stairs or escalator.

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