Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
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| Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport مطار شرم الشيخ الدولي |
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| IATA: SSH – ICAO: HESH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public (former Military) | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 143 ft / 44 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 04L/22R | 3,081 | 10,108 | Asphalt |
| 04R/22L | 3,081 | 10,108 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Passengers | 5,059,456 | ||
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport (Arabic: مطار شرم الشيخ الدولي) (IATA: SSH, ICAO: HESH), formerly known as Ophira International Airport, is an international airport located in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Opened on May 14, 1968, the airport was originally an Israeli Air Force base and also served the small settlement of Ofira.
On May 23rd 2007, the airport's second terminal was inaugurated with a capacity for 8 million passengers per year. The two-level 43,000 m2 terminal features 40 check-in counters and is designed to cater to a large number of international and chartered flights. It has two domestic and six international gates, all of which exit to remote stands. The terminal comprises three building components: two circular-shaped halls fused together by a wedge-shaped intermediate space dubbed 'the boat'. 'The boat' serves as a passenger transit hub housing passport control, duty free, and VIP areas as well as cafes/restaurants. The halls, in stark textural contrast to the solid mass of 'the boat', feature airy, billowing tent-like roofs inspired by the indigenous Beduin culture.
In 2007, the airport served 6,424,851 passengers (27.0% growth compared 2006). It is the second busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
- Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil , Odessa)
- Arkefly (Amsterdam)
- airBaltic (Riga)
- airberlin (Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, Nuremberg)
- Air Cairo (Oslo-Gardermoen)
- Air Finland (Helsinki
- Air Italy Polska (Katowice, Warsaw) [Seasonal]
- Air Sinai
- AMC Airlines (Cairo, Gdánsk, Katowice, Krakow, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Warsaw)
- Astraeus (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Bashkirian Airlines (Ufa)
- Belair (Zurich)
- Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich)
- easyJet (London-Gatwick)
- Edelweiss Air (Geneva, Zurich)
- Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa, Venice)
- Egyptair (Alexandria, Cairo, Dubai, Geneva, Jeddah, Milan-Malpensa)
- EgyptAir Express (Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Amman, Jeddah)
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- First Choice Airways (Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Flyglobespan (Edinburgh)
- Futura Gael (Dublin)
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
- Jet2.com (Manchester)
- Jettime (Copenhagen, Billund)
- Koral Blue Airlines (various charter routes - domestic and international)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Livingston Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- Lotus Air (Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań)
- Luxor Air
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Mistral Air (Milan-Malpensa)
- Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
- Niki (Vienna)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen[starts October 2008])
- Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
- Scandinavian Airline Systems (Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen[Charter])
- Sterling Airlines (Billund)
- S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
- Thomsonfly (Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle)
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- transavia.com (Amsterdam)
- TUIfly Nordic (Oslo-Gardermoen)
- Ukraine International Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
- Volare Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- XL Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
[edit] See also
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium (Brussels, Oostende, Liege)
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for HESH at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for SSH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
