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Asmara is high up, so the take off and landing weights for planes are limited. When the diaspora returns with presents for their family, cargo is left behind, and it could be your luggage when you travel by EgyptAir. One flight left behind 2.5 tonnes of cargo.

There are only two flights per week, so if your luggage misses your flight, you will wait several days for your luggage to catch up. Therefore pack urgent medicines and a spare clothes in your carry-on luggage sufficient for several days.

EgyptAir does offer compensation for delayed luggage, but it is only US$20, which will barely buy you a bottle of shampoo in Asmara. You have left the US and the EU, so normal rules for compensation do not apply!

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    By air
    There are regular services of Gulf Air, Emirates, Yemenia Yemen, Sudan Air and local Air Eritrea.

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    Busses to Keren
    There are three bus terminals.
    You can take a bus to Keren (provided you have the papers).

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    By Road
    You can reach Asmara by road through Sudan i.e Kassala area. But Eritrea and Sudan are like enemies and there fore it is risky to go by road. But the peace treaty has been signed and Bus services from Kassala to Asmara and vice-versa have been started.

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