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BORG EL ARAB | Borg El Arab International Airport | New Airport | 2.5mn passengers | L.E. 550mn | 2009 | Completed

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General Info

Borg El Arab Airport (IATA: HBE, ICAO: HEBA) is an airport serving Alexandria, Egypt. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Alexandria, in Borg El Arab (alternate spellings: Borg Al Arab, Burg El Arab). Alexandria is also served by El Nouzha Airport.

In 2008, the airport served 189,064 passengers (-19.9% vs. 2007).

Terminal facilities


There is currently one terminal building with the following services: 4 check-in desks, 3 immigration desks, 1 lounge area, 2 departure gate, 1 cafe, EgyptAir Gift Shop

Expansion

The Egyptian government announced a major expansion plan for the airport to turn the airport into a touristic gateway into the country.

In July 2007, The Egyptian Airports Company signed a deal to build a new passenger terminal that will have a capacity for 2.5 million passengers a year at a cost of 550 Million Egyptian Pounds (97 Million US$). The contract was awarded to the JV of Orascom Construction Industries. and BESIX Group of Belgium. Completion of the project is expected in late 2009.

Facilities Developed
•International Passenger Terminal
Building with total
floor area of 24,000 m2
•Cargo Terminal Building of
2,000 m2
•Control Tower
•Administration Building of
3,000 m2
•Rescue & Fire Station of 800
m2
•Primary Power Station
•Water Tank
•Sewage Tretment Plant
•Taxiways and aprons for 9
aircraft stands
•Access Road & Car Park
•CCTV, FIDS, CUTE, Building
Monitoring, access control
and all necessary systems and
equipment

Photos and video:









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Looks Great! Very nice and modern terminal :D. But I Think El Nouza airport in Alexandria Center needs this much more than Borg el Arab because there are much more passengers and flights and the passenger numbers are increasing very fast with about 45% in 2008 compared with 2007. There are many new airlines at El Nouza like Fly Dubai. Is there a plan to move the El Nouza flights to Borg el Arab?
 
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#3 ·
I think that's too much because it's 37 Kilometer from airport to Alexandria Bibliotheca (the library) And at wikipedia they say it's only 25 km. from airport to Alexandria Center but with the crowds in Alexandria it can take easily 45 minutes to 1,5 hour. They must build a good bus service or a elevated metro or something. :)
 
#5 ·
:eek2: It looks great! Like a European airport :banana:

But i think alex should have only one airport not two, there isnt that much demand.

Also, don't you think this airport is a little small? Karim where did you get the renders from??
 
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Yup it's true:

Future Operations

Due to the aging airport facilities and building violations in the area the future of El Nouzha airport is limited. With the development of the newer, more modern facility at Borg El Arab Airport (40km southwest of Alexandria) El Nouzha airport is expected to close to commercial aviation operations with all airlines transferring to the newer airport. This is expected to occur by December 2009 when the new terminal at Borg El Arab Airport is completed.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Nouzha_Airport

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And some new info about Borg El Arab Airport:

Future Terminal & Operations

In 2006 the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation (EHCAAN) received an offer by the Japanese government to provide a soft loan through Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to construct a new terminal building at the airport. The loan was worth $55 million in addition to LE35 millions provided by Egyptian banks. The terminal will have the capacity to handle 1.2 million passengers per year covering an area of 22 million m2 once the first phase is completed in December 2009.

Designed in a boat shape, the terminal consists of three floors. The ground floor is allocated for checking in and luggage handling. The second floor is allocated for arrivals, both domestic and international, in addition to administrative offices and airlines offices. The third floor is allocated for departures, both domestic and international, immigration procedures and a VIP hall. Commercial activities are spread among the three floors. The terminal building contains shopping areas, a food court, travel offices and other travel services. Four airbridges will connect the terminal building to aircraft plus a car park for 348 vehicles, a fuel unit, fire fighting station and a control tower.

Upon completion of the new terminal in December 2009, El Nouzha Airport (which also serves the Alexandria market) will close to commercial aviation and Borg El Arab Airport will become the sole and primary airport of Alexandria and Delta region.

The expansion project of Borg Al-Arab airport is due to serve the governmental plans to establish a new community at New Alexandria City, located to the west of the old city comprising an area of 389 feddanes. The new city is planned to be linked to the Borg Al-Arab airport through the ring road 30 minutes away.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_El_Arab_Airport

So... no more low landings and take-offs while having a nice starbucks coffee at the Citycentre :eek:hno:. But yeah... the El Nouzha terminal is too small and way too old.

Now i think that the new terminal at Borg el Arab is to small to handle all the El Nouzha flights with only 4 gates/jetbridges because El Nouzha served in 2008 1,162,987 passengers (+46.3% vs. 2007) and the new Borg el Arab Terminal is designed for only 1.2 million passengers per year!!! :bash: I think this is a big problem because El Nouzha is still growing with more and more flights.

And now they need a really good shuttle bus service or a new metro system to serve Alexandria because Borg el Arab is quite far from Alex. :D.
 
#13 ·
Thanks for the update there :)

Well its good now alex will be served by clean modern faciliies, but sad that we wont see any landings and takeoffs from Starbucks in CIty Centre :eek:hno:

Anyways I think the capacity problem is gona be an issue :S, are there any remote stands, because tis airport cannot have only 4 gates!!
 
#14 ·
Well the gates/remote stands are not a issue but El Nouzha has almost 1.2 million passengers per year and thats the maximum capacity for the new Borg el Arab terminal :eek:hno:
 
#15 ·
Soon, Alexandria's aging airport of Al-Nozha will be retired in favour of a new state-of-the-art airport of Borg Al-Arab. Located 40 kilometres southwest of Alexandria, Borg Al-Arab airport, has been upgraded with a Japanese loan of $55 million, in addition to LE35 millions provided by Egyptian banks..

The airport basically served as a military airport for the northern coast area. Ten years ago, civil aviation authorities tended to use its facilities as a substitute for the aging Al-Nozha airport, and to handle part of the growing cargo business that threatened to overwhelm Cairo Airport's capacity at the time. Nevertheless, it remained a secondary airport for Alexandria, even as the main airport, Al-Nozha airport, suffered from deteriorating services and navigation difficulties.

It was only three years ago when aviation authorities received an offer by the Japanese government to provide a soft loan through Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). At an interest rate of 1.5 per cent, the loan receives a seven-year grace period and is payable over a 25-year period.

Last week, Aviation Minister, Ahmed Shafiq, accompanied by his top air transport aids, paid a visit to the facilities currently under construction at Borg Al-Arab scheduled to complete by next October. "For local development priorities in Egypt, it is essential to accelerate the improvement of the transportation infrastructure. In the area of civil aviation, this airport promises to provide the local population as well as foreign tourist visitors and businessmen with a first-class facility in terms of safety, convenience and the volume of passengers and cargoes it is designed to deal with," stated Shafiq.

Figures show that there are 22 regional and international airlines that are operating regular flights to Alexandria at present. This growing demand encouraged aviation authorities to push expansion plans of the new facility of Borg Al-Arab to replace the old one, which does not have enough capacity. The number is expected to increase to 32 airlines operating to Alexandria after expansion works are completed.

"Almost 70 per cent of construction work has been completed in the new terminal which adds a capacity of 1.2 million passengers per annum to the airport, taking its total capacity to 4.5 million," explained Shafiq. "Soon we will have a new facility which is capable to serve exports business not only in Alexandria but also other delta governments," he added.

The fact is that the project adds an upgrade to the airport's passenger and cargo handling capacity which is set to reach 10,000 tons, in response to growing demand by agricultural and industrial development in the northern coastal zone.

The site of the project is also an area where various industries, such as petrochemicals, metal refining, agriculture and tourism have been expanding. Given these developments, the number of air passengers visiting Alexandria and its vicinity is projected to increase from 440,000 in 2002 to one million by 2014.

The expansion project of Borg Al-Arab airport is due to serve the governmental plans to establish a new community at New Alexandria City, located to the west of the old city comprising an area of 389 feddanes. The new city is planned to be linked to the Borg Al-Arab airport through the ring road 30 minutes away.

Designed in a boat shape, the terminal consists of three floors. The ground floor is allocated for checking in and luggage handling. The second floor is allocated for arrivals, both domestic and international, in addition to administrative offices and airlines offices. The third floor is allocated for departures, both domestic and international, immigration procedures and a VIP hall. Commercial activities are spread among the three floors.

"The project involves the construction of a terminal over 22 million metres in area. The terminal building contains shopping areas, a food court, travel offices and other travel services," explained Sayed Hindawi, chairman of the Egyptian Airports Company which controls all Egyptian airports except for Cairo International. "More 10 tarmacs are being constructed, one of which is allocated for freight business."

Hindawi added that the infrastructure works of the project are estimated at LE24 million in addition to constructing a warehouse for storage that costs LE8 million. The project also includes improving and expanding both the main and the narrow runways at a cost estimated by LE23 million.

Four tubes are to be provided to the terminal to serve aircrafts plus a car park for 348 vehicles, a fuel unit, fire fighting station and a control tower.

As for Al-Nozha Airport's future, no decision had been made yet whether to shut down the old airport or allocate it for limited operations. nfortunately, the airport cannot be modernised or expanded to cope with both aviation and tourism ambitious plans in Alexandria.

"The old airport suffers from building violations in the area, which caused the airport to lose two of its navigation passages, and in turn disqualifying the airport from accepting wide-body aircraft," commented Hindawi.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/954/sk1.htm
 
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"Almost 70 per cent of construction work has been completed in the new terminal which adds a capacity of 1.2 million passengers per annum to the airport, taking its total capacity to 4.5 million... "

Oh the capacity is 4.5 Million I thought 1.2 Million.... Well I don't think capacity is a issue now but 4 jetbridges is too little I think but maybe Domestic Egyptair (Express) flight are going to use busses instead of jetbridges like Cairo Airport.

2 Google Earth photos:



 
#17 ·
Yeah the capacity isnt a problem after all, they wouldnt build a whole new airport with insufficient capacity would they? And even if capacity becomes an issue, they can always build a second terminal.
 
#20 ·
Really? Good, more airlnes means the airport is expanding, and besides the pics you posted before show that a good deal of construction work has been completed.

Wen u fly there r u flying into Borg El Arab or El Nozha??
 
#28 ·
Ohh the Airport should be done by now and el nozha should be closed and i have been to one of the clubs behind the el nozha airport they really had some problems with the airport but if you sit there you can see the aeroplane up above your head LOL there is only a street separate the airport and the clubs, anyway enough of off topics speech. I read through the topic again and about the transport problem With the new metro project I hope this wont be a problem, I don't know but I have a feeling that there is someone looking at our posts because when ever we find problems in the projects it get solved :D
 
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تم الانتهاء من انشاء 70٪ من مطار برج العرب الجديد ليستوعب مليونا و200 الف راكب سنويا بالاضافة الى عشرة الاف طن بضائع سنويا. وبلغت تكلفة انشاء المطار حوالى550 مليون جنيه مصرى بقروض يابانية سوف يتم تسديدها بتسهيلات لمدة طويلة. وسوف يتم تسليم المطار اوائل العام القادم لينضم الى منظومة من المطارات المصرية العاملة لخدمةالحركة الجوية للوجه البحرى نظرا لانه المطار الوحيد بعد مطار القاهرة الذى يستوعب كافة الخدمات وبه قرية بضائع كبيرة. جاء ذلك خلال زيارة ميدانية لمطار برج العرب قام بها الوزير والوفد الاعلامى للمطار للوقوف على ما تم من انشاءات جديدة بالمطار.واكد الوزير ان المطار يعد نقلة حضارية كبيرة فى تلك المنطقة تتواكب مع النهضة الصناعية التى يجرى انشاؤها والتوسع العمرانى المستمر. وأشار الى ان تصميم المطار والمكان الذى تم اختياره يسمح بالزيادة المستقبلية والتوسع فى المبانى ليستوعب أربعة ملايين راكب سنويا بالاضافة الى الاف الاطنان من البضائع مما ينقله الى مطار عالمى خلال السنوات القليلة القادمة وخاصة ان تجهيزه يتم على احدث الاساليب العلمية فى عالم المطارات،وقال شفيق ان ذلك المطار سوف يلعب خلال السنوات القليلة القادمة دورا رئيسيا وهاما فى التصدير والاستيراد من والى خارج الجمهورية من شمال البلاد والدلتا وكافة مناطق الوجه البحرى​
looks like there will be a few months delay :eek:hno:
 
#31 ·
awesome news man, I don't care if it going delay it's not long, I'd rather wait to watch that airport destroyed by earthquake next year, so we can wait guy let just be patient :D
 
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