Based on schedules published for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons, 19 airlines have operated or announced service at Luxor Airport. The timetable runs on seasons: European leisure routes load from late September and run until spring, Gulf traffic is strongest in summer, although some Kuwait services continue year-round. and the Cairo shuttle operates every day of the year. Across a year the network covers roughly 22 nonstop destinations in ten countries, about 63 arrivals a week, all of it through a single terminal. For what is in the air today, check the live arrivals and departures boards.
Luxor Airport Airlines and Destinations
The table lists every carrier in the current Luxor schedule with its IATA code and the routes it flies from LXR. “Winter” means roughly late October to April, the sightseeing season; “Summer” is the reverse.
| Airline | IATA | Destinations from Luxor |
|---|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | A3 | Athens (seasonal, October-March) |
| Aria Cairo | SM | Cairo (year-round); Abu Simbel, Sharm el-Sheikh; Hurghada (October-March); Jeddah (July-October); Cologne Bonn, Milan Malpensa, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome Fiumicino and Verona (seasonal) |
| easyJet | U2 | Milan Malpensa and Paris Charles de Gaulle (year-round); London Gatwick (October-May); Lyon and Nantes (seasonal) |
| Edelweiss Air | WK | Zurich and Sharm el-Sheikh (seasonal) |
| EgyptAir | MS | Cairo (year-round); Barcelona, London Heathrow, Madrid and Rome Fiumicino (seasonal) |
| Euroairlines | Q4 | Catania (seasonal) |
| Jazeera Airways | J9 | Kuwait City (year-round) |
| Neos | NO | Cairo, Marsa Alam and Milan Malpensa (seasonal or charter) |
| Nesma Airlines | NE | Cairo; Jeddah (seasonal, July-October) |
| Nile Air | NP | Cairo (year-round) |
| Pegasus Airlines | PC | Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (seasonal, October-March) |
| Transavia | TO | Paris Orly (seasonal, September-March) |
| TUI Airways | BY | London Gatwick (October-May); Manchester (seasonal, October-November) |
| TUI fly Deutschland | X3 | Dusseldorf (seasonal, November-April) |
Schedules checked in July 2026. The table includes flights currently operating or available for booking in published 2026-27 schedules. Past seasonal services are identified separately.
How the Luxor Schedule Works
Luxor’s traffic follows the temperature. Milan and Paris load in late September, the London Gatwick and Manchester flights in early October, Istanbul at the end of October, and the rest of the European charter map behind them. Those routes carry the sightseeing season and fall away after Easter.
The Gulf works the other way round. Jazeera Airways flies Kuwait City from early summer to October, Kuwait Airways joins on the same route, and the Jeddah flights wind down in late October, carrying family and Umrah traffic through the months when Europe stays away.
July and August are the airport’s quietest months. July and August bring the airport’s quietest international schedule. Cairo and Kuwait account for most departures, with only a small number of European routes continuing through summer. The airline list itself changes every winter: carriers such as Vueling, Sundair and Aegean joined the map only in recent seasons, and one or two names rotate in or out each year.
Flights Within Egypt
Cairo is the trunk route. EgyptAir, Air Cairo, Nile Air, Nesma and even Neos, which sells the domestic leg of its Milan rotation, put seven to ten nonstops a day on the sector, around two thirds of everything Luxor handles. Times, fares and the land alternatives are on the Luxor to Cairo page.
Air Cairo currently lists nonstop service between Luxor and Sharm El Sheikh, with additional seasonal operations appearing in some winter schedules. Air Cairo currently lists a seasonal Luxor-Hurghada nonstop from October to March. Because this route has appeared and disappeared from forward schedules before, confirm that it is operating on your exact date. There is no scheduled flight at all between Luxor and Aswan: that corridor moves by train, bus and cruise, covered on the Luxor to Aswan page.
Most UK services are concentrated in the winter season, although exact operating months vary by airline and year.
Luxor has no nonstop service from North America, East Asia or South Asia. Travellers from the United States normally connect through Cairo or a major European or Gulf hub.
No. Emirates does not fly to Luxor. Travellers using Emirates normally connect through Cairo or continue overland from another Egyptian airport.
Pegasus Airlines, to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. In practice it is a winter operation that pauses over the summer, with the schedule loading again from late October. Turkish Airlines does not serve Luxor; its passengers connect through Istanbul or Cairo instead.
Airline rosters and season dates change every year. Last reviewed July 2026.