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FCO: Egypt - Strike at Cairo Airport

6th October 2011 The UK Foreign Office have released the following update:

There is a strike at Cairo airport. As a result passengers are being refused entry to the airport and are not being allowed to check in.

Aircraft at Bristol airport, 15 April 2010. Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images.

We advise you to contact your tour operator or airline for information about your flight before travelling to the airport. If you do go to the airport, we advise you to take food and plenty of water.

Full travel advice to Egypt can be found on the FCO website.

FCO travel advice is kept under constant review in the light of the situation on the ground. Travel advice is based on objective assessments of the risk to British nationals, whose safety is our main concern.