Luxor International Airport | |||
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IATA: LXR – ICAO: HELX
LXR
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Summary | |||
Airport type | Public, Military | ||
Operator | Egyptian Airport Company | ||
Serves | Luxor, Egypt | ||
Elevation AMSL | 294 ft / 90 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
02/20 | 3,000 | 9,842 | Asphalt |
Statistics (2009) | |||
Passengers | 1,872,070 | ||
Sources: Airport web site[1] and DAFIF[2][3] |
Luxor International Airport (IATA: LXR, ICAO: HELX) is the main airport serving the city of Luxor, Egypt. It is located four miles (6km) east of the city.
Many charter airlines use the airport, as it is a popular tourist destination for those visiting the River Nile and the Valley of the Kings.
In 2009, the airport served 1,872,070 passengers (-13.7% vs. 2008). In 2010, the airport served 1.970.813 passengers . In 2005 the airport was upgraded to accommodate up to 8 million passengers a year. Facilities for passengers include 48 check-in desks, 8 gates, 5 baggage claim belts, a post office, a bank, a Bureau de change, an auto exchange machine (CIB), restaurants, cafeterias, a VIP Lounge, a duty free shop, a newsagent/tobacconist, a chemist shop, a gift shop, a travel agent, a tourist help desk, car rental, first aid, a baby/parent Room, disabled access/facilities and a business centre.
Facilities for cargo include refrigerated storage, animal quarantine, livestock handling, health officials, X-Ray equipment, and fumigation equipment.
The cargo terminal handling agent for the airport is EgyptAir Cargo.
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Luxor is served by the following scheduled airlines:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Arabia | Sharjah |
Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Erfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg |
Air Méditerranée | Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Arkefly | Amsterdam |
Bahrain Air | Bahrain |
Belair | Zürich Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse |
EasyJet | London-Gatwick |
Edelweiss Air | Zurich |
EgyptAir | Abu Simbel, Aswan, Cairo, Kuwait, London-Heathrow |
EgyptAir operated by EgyptAir Express | Abu Simbel, Aswan, Cairo, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh |
Flydubai | Dubai |
Jazeera Airways | Kuwait |
Jetairfly | Brussels |
Luxair | Luxembourg |
Monarch | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
Niki | Seasonal: Salzburg, Vienna |
Qatar Airways | Doha |
Thomas Cook Airlines | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Brussels |
Thomson Airways | Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
Transavia.com | Amsterdam |
Transavia.com France | Paris-Orly |
TUIfly | Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart |
Wind Jet | Catania |
Additionally, several airlines operate seasonal charter flights into the airport, including AlMasria Universal Airlines, AMC Airlines (which are based there), and Neos.
On 20 February 2009, an Antonov An-12 of Aerolift crashed after an engine caught fire on take-off. All five crew were killed.[4]
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