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Marsa Alam International Airport |
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The wonderland called Egypt leaves the tourists spoilt for choice with the immense treasure that this wonderland has at its disposal. Tourists from all across the globe throng this place all the year round for its immensely popular tourist sites which the country has on offer for the tourists from all over the globe. There is a huge number of tourists who throng this place of wonder and amazement all the year round. Egypt has a highly developed air way and a number of domestic as well as international flights take off from as well as arrive at the airports of Egypt. There are a total of 14 airports in Egypt the names of which are as follows Abu Simel Airport, Assiut Airport, Borg El Arab Airport, Cairo Airport, Daraw Airport, El Arish International Airport, El Nouzha Airport, Luxor International Airport, Marsa Alam International Airport, Mersa Matruh Airport, Sham el-Sheikh International Airport, and Taba International Airport.
The first privately owned and operated airport in Egypt is Marsa Alam International Airport. This is also the first airport recorded in history to have been operating under a total BOT system. Marsa Alam is a fishing village on the coast of Egypt's Red Sea. This place is located at a distance of 132 km from Al Quseir. However with the advent of the newly constructed Marsa Alam International Airport and also a number of new projects coming up around this place it is fast turning out to be much more than a mere fishing village with every passing day.
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The facilities which are offered by Marsa Alam International Airport to its passengers would include an internet café, VIP/private aircraft lounge, police station, first aid clinic, duty free shop, Daedalus lounge, bookshop, retail outlet for jewellery, airlines and tourist offices, bank and ATM machines. At present the airport has a capacity of 600 passengers per hour. The runway of the airport is capable of handling Boeing 767 jets. There exists control tower with NAVAID facilities, DVOR-DME, dual power supply source, facilities pertaining to the refueling of Jet A1.
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