Alexandria | Borg El Arab New Airport

Status: Under Construction
Completion Date: October 2010

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 2010.

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

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Construction pics can be found here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=882162&page=8