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Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport |
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Egypt attracts a huge number of tourists from all over the place. Tourists from every corner of the world throng this place of immense delight and fascination all the year round. Egypt has a very well developed air way and as a result, a huge number of domestic as well as international flights operate in this country. A considerable number of airlines operate their flights in Egypt. There are a total of 14 airports in Egypt. The name of the airports in Egypt 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 Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport was formerly known as Ophira International Airport. This airport was opened on the 14th of May 1968.
To begin with, this airport was a base for Israeli Air Force. Apart from being the base fro Israeli Air Force the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport also served the small town of Ofira. In the year of 2006, as per statistics, the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport served a total of 5,059,456 passengers. After the Cairo International Airport, the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport is the second busiest airport of Egypt. The following are the names of the airlines which operate from and to the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt.
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The names are as follows Arkefly, Air Arabia, AirBaltic, Air Berlin, Air Sinai, AMC Airlines, Astraeus, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines, Bashkirian Airlines, Belair, Condor Airlines, Edelweiss Air, Eurofly, Egyptair, Excel Airways, First Choice Airways, GB Airways, Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, Livingston Airlines, LTU International, Luxor Air, Martinair, MyTravel, Niki, Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, Star Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomsonfly, and Transaero.
The airport offers a number of facilities to all its passengers. The airport facilities which are offered would include an internet café, VIP/private aircraft lounge, police station, first aid clinic, duty free shop, Daedalus lounge, and bookshop, retail outlet for jewellery, airlines and tourist offices, bank and ATM machines.
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