Cairo International Airport handles over 6 million passengers in August‑September 2026
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- Cairo International Airport recorded 6,009,356 passengers on 42,531 flights during August and September 2026, surpassing six million passengers and more than 42,500 flights.
- Compared with the same period in 2025, passenger traffic increased by 435,938 and flights by 3,530; September 2026 saw 2,875,589 passengers on 20,478 flights, up from 2,703,896 passengers on 19,106 flights in September 2025, while August 2026 handled 3,133,767 passengers on 22,053 flights, up from 2,869,522 passengers on 19,895 flights in August 2025.
- The Ministry of Civil Aviation is constructing Terminal 4 with a 40 million‑passenger annual capacity, which will raise the airport’s total capacity to about 70 million passengers per year.
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