Originally Posted by
IO540
I suspect that they will try to rip you off
Nothing new there then
Normal practice in that part of the world. I would do the usual "due diligence" before going to Egypt: faxing every airport.
Last time I looked at LGSA (Hania/Chania) which was in 2005 it was 10 days PPR, which was a bit of a problem as back then I was VFR only and the PPR was for a specific date only.
For refuelling only one could also use LGST (Sitia) which is a very sleepy airport, above a very nice town where I have stayed. It had avgas in drums. It has no Customs but
AFAIK that should be OK if one remains airside only.
Dear Sir,
I must say that I am very offended by the post above, being an Egyptian or let me say "from that part of the world" I ask you.... what do you know about Egypt ? and I mean on a professional level such as aviation, have u ever been there ? where u "ripped off" at an airport before? and please spare me those stories about a friend who had an eperience at a bazzar when trying to buy souvenirs etc.. etc.. cause that's the way it it in "your part of the world as well" if you had an experience with a similar case to that of the original poster, then share it and let him know what to avoid, if you have never been there, then I seriously doubt that your opinion should be of any weight!!