Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Cairo (CAI): 4,969 miles (7,997 km) great-circle, about 10h 25m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $817 round-trip on Malaysia Airlines, with 2 stops, departing July 9, 2026.
$817 round-trip, Malaysia Airlines MH751, departing 2026-07-09 at 11:00, returning 2026-07-18. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Saturday 9 nights later; the fare was observed 75 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $817, it ranked 24th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SGN (median $257). That is 16.4 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the SGN median of 21.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SGN of similar length: St. Petersburg (5,101 mi) at $884 and Istanbul (5,102 mi) at $593.
SGN to CAI is the only one of 30 SGN routes where Malaysia Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 5th longest of the 30 routes we track from SGN.
Of 30 departure airports with a fare to Cairo, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) ranked 23rd at $817. Lowest: $157 from Riyadh (RUH); highest: $1516 from Washington DC (DCA); 3 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): ITA Airways (3), Pegasus Airlines (3), Qatar (3), Air Canada (2), easyJet (2) and flynas (2), plus 15 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, Africa/Cairo; flight time is our estimate.