Civil Aviation Ministry will launch the West Cairo Int’l Airport “soon”

Do you own property in West Cairo? Property values could be on the verge of going up. The Civil Aviation Ministry will soon begin launching flights from the West Cairo International Airport (otherwise known as the Sphinx International Airport), Al Borsa reports. Most of the work on the facility has been completed and the official launch date expected to be announced by the Defense Ministry or Ittihadiya, said sources. The airport, which will be able to handle around 300 passengers an hour at first, will kick off operations with domestic flights only, the newspaper claims.