Sharq Al-Owainat Airport
Encyclopedia
Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is an airport serving Sharq Al-Owainat
which is located in Western Desert
of Egypt
. The airport caters to the New Valley Governorate.
In 2009, the airport served 8,004 passengers (-1.9% compared to 2008).
A simple terminal building can serve passengers at a rate of 100 per hour. No automatic luggage conveyor is provided inside the terminal.
The airport is managed under a Build-Operate-Transfer
operation. The runway is not equipped with lights for night operation.
The airport is located in a free trade zone
and has facilities for storing and packaging goods for export.
EgyptAir Express
offers the only service to the airport.
signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight (operated by subsidiary EgyptAir Express
) from the capital's Cairo International Airport
to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region. After the signing, Janan's Chairman, Mohamed Rashed Al-Oteiba explained that the service 'would facilitate transferring experts, technicians, engineers, workers and equipments to the project area as well as transferring products from Sharq Al-Owainat to Cairo for export' .
Sharq Al-Owainat
Sharq Al-Owainat is located in the New Valley Governorate of Egypt. It is in the south-west of the country, between the Nile and Libya.Along with Toshka, Sharq Al-Owainat forms part of the larger New Valley Project which consists of building a system of canals to transport water from Lake Nasser to...
which is located in Western Desert
Libyan Desert
The Libyan Desert covers an area of approximately 1,100,000 km2, it extends approximately 1100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south, in about the shape of a rectangle...
of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. The airport caters to the New Valley Governorate.
In 2009, the airport served 8,004 passengers (-1.9% compared to 2008).
Operations and facilities
The US$3 million airport was constructed in 3 months in 2003 to meet the needs of investors to bring equipment and to export crops. It occupies 36 square kilometres, with a main runway of 3500m and an apron that can serve 8 aircraft.A simple terminal building can serve passengers at a rate of 100 per hour. No automatic luggage conveyor is provided inside the terminal.
The airport is managed under a Build-Operate-Transfer
Build-Operate-Transfer
Build-own-operate-transfer or build-operate-transfer is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract...
operation. The runway is not equipped with lights for night operation.
The airport is located in a free trade zone
Free trade zone
A free trade zone or export processing zone , also called foreign-trade zone, formerly free port is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured or reconfigured, and reexported without the intervention of the customs authorities...
and has facilities for storing and packaging goods for export.
EgyptAir Express
EgyptAir Express
EgyptAir Express is a regional airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 2006 as a regional jet subsidiary of EgyptAir and launched operations on 1 June 2007....
offers the only service to the airport.
Airlines and destinations
In August 2009, EgyptAirEgyptAir
EgyptAir is the flag carrier airline of Egypt and a member of Star Alliance. The airline is based at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to more than 75 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas...
signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight (operated by subsidiary EgyptAir Express
EgyptAir Express
EgyptAir Express is a regional airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 2006 as a regional jet subsidiary of EgyptAir and launched operations on 1 June 2007....
) from the capital's Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member EgyptAir. The airport is located to the north-east of the city around from the business area of the city.The airport is administered by the Egyptian Holding Co...
to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region. After the signing, Janan's Chairman, Mohamed Rashed Al-Oteiba explained that the service 'would facilitate transferring experts, technicians, engineers, workers and equipments to the project area as well as transferring products from Sharq Al-Owainat to Cairo for export' .