Do I need to apply for a visa in advance to transit in Cairo?

Whether you need to apply for a transit visa depends on your ticket and luggage.

1. If it is a joint flight ticket, you can take the joint flight directly, without having to apply for an Egyptian visa, regardless of whether the luggage is checked.

2. If you have a non-connecting ticket, but you don't have any luggage to check in, you can also take the transit channel without applying for an Egyptian visa;

But there is a premise that your next flight company has a check-in counter on the transit channel;

If there is no check-in counter and you have to enter Egypt to check in for the next flight,

Then you need to apply for an Egyptian visa.

If you have a non-connecting ticket, but you check your luggage, you must apply for an Egyptian visa.

Because you have to enter Egypt to get your luggage first, and then check in and leave Egypt.