[13] Over the years, the terminal witnessed several expansion projects; a second hall was constructed between 1977–79 and a third one was completed in 1980.

However, an increasing number of other foreign carriers, such as Air France and KLM transferred operations from Terminal 2 in 2006.

Departures and arrivals are with all airlines departing from Terminal 1 Hall 1, with the exception of Saudia.

The first phase, a new shopping mall called the 'AirMall' has been built near Terminal 1's International Arrival Hall 3.

[citation needed] Smart Aviation Company has been based at the building since 2007; it moved to a new executive FBO in 2010 adjacent to Hall 4.Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1986 with 7 boarding gates.

The terminal was officially inaugurated on 18 December 2008 and opened for commercial operations on 27 April 2009.

During the start-up phase EgyptAir operates its daily flight to Medina from the new Terminal.

Its purpose is to ease operational strains on the existing terminals during pilgrim seasons.

An air-cushioned 1.85 km (1.15 mi) system with top speed 50 km/h (31 mph) was designed and constructed by Leitner-Poma.

A luxury 350-room five-star Le Méridien hotel opened in front of Terminal 3 in December 2013.

[citation needed] The hotel is linked to the terminal by a 230-metre-long (750 ft) skyway that is also equipped with a moving walkway.

[135] Also, scheduling and route information of both the public Cairo Transportation Authority[136] (CTA) and Mwasalat Mirs (MM)[137] buses are now readily available on Google Transit and can be accessed using the Google Maps app and website.

[141] An affordable and reliable form of private transport readily available in Cairo are the popular ride-sharing mobile phone app based services such as Uber[142] and Careem,[143] which both accepts cash and card payments.

[144] The toll for driving into the airport grounds is approximately 30 EGP, depending on the type of the vehicle.

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