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February 15, 2017

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Marrakesh Menara Airport

Marrakesh Menara Airport (Berber: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, French: Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة‎‎, IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) is an international airport serving Marrakesh,the capital city of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region in Morocco. It is an international facility that receives several European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations. The airport served over 4 million passengers in the year 2014. During World War ll, the airport was used by the United States Army Forces Air Transport Command as a hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en route to Casablanca Airfield or to Agadir Airport on the North African […]

February 15, 2017

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Tunis–Carthage International Airport

Tunis–Carthage Airport (French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, Arabic: مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي‎‎, IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA) is the international airport of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It serves as the home base for Tunisiaair, TunisiaairExpress, Nouvelair Tunisia, and Tunisiavia. The airport is named for the historic city of Carthage, located just east of the airport. The history of the airport dates back to 1920 when the first seaplane base in Tunisia was built on the Lake of Tunis for the seaplanes of Compagnie Aéronavale. The Tunis Airfield opened in 1938, serving around 5,800 passengers annually on the Paris-Tunis route. During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Air […]

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Mitiga International Airport

Mitiga International Airport (IATA: MJI, ICAO: HLLM) (مطار معيتيقة الدولي) is an airport in Libya, located about 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of Tripoli’s city center. Due to the closure of Tripoli International Airport in July 2014 as a result of the ongoing Second Libiyan Cival War, Mitiga International is currently the only airport serving Tripoli. The airport has a diverse international history and has been known by a variety of names. It was originally built in 1923 as an Italian air force base called aeroporto militare di Mellaha. It became a German air base during World War II. The airbase was captured by the British […]

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Tripoli International Airport

Tripoli International Airport (IATA: TIP, ICAO: HLLT) (Arabic: مطار طرابلس العالمي) is aninternational airport built to serve the capital city of Libya. The airport is located in the area of Qasr bin Ghashir 34 kilometers (21 miles) from central Tripoli. As part of the 2014 Libiyan Civil War, the airport was heavily damaged in the Battle of Tripoli Airport. It used to be the hub for Libiyan Airlines, Afriqiyah Airways and Buraq Air. The airport has been closed intermittently since 2011 and as of late 2016,flights to and from Tripoli have been using Mitiga International Airport instead. As of August 2014, the airport was heavily damaged by […]

February 15, 2017

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Queen Alia International Airport

Queen Alia International Airport (IATA: AMM,ICAO: OJAI) (Arabic: مطار الملكة علياء الدولي‎‎; transliterated: Matar Al-Malikah Alia Ad-Dowali) is Jordan’s main and largest airport and is located in Zizya 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the capital city,Amman. Named after Queen Alia, third wife to the late King Hussein of Jordan, the airport is home to the country’s national flag carrier, Royal Jordanian Airlines and serves as a major hub for Jordan Aviation, Royal Falcon and Royal Wings. A state-of-the-art new terminal was inaugurated in March 2013 to replace the airport’s older two passenger terminals and one cargo terminal.The three original terminals were made obsolete once the new […]

February 15, 2017

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Borg El Arab Airport

Borg El Arab International Airport (IATA: HBE, ICAO: HEBA) (Arabic:مطار برج العرب الدولي) is an airport serving Alexandria, Egypt. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Alexandria, inBorg El Arab (alternate spellings: Borg Al Arab, Burg Al Arab or Burg El Arab). The airport also serves the nearby areas of theNile Delta. Borg El Arab is the principal airport of Alexandria since December 2011 after the closure of Alexandria International Airport due to a major re-development program. Borg El Arab Airport had a major expansion in terms of the airport’s passenger and cargo handling capacity in response to growing demand and the new facilities were […]

February 15, 2017

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Ben Gurion Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה הבינלאומי בן גוריון‎‎; Arabic: مطار بن غوريون الدولي‎‎) (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), often referred to as Natbag (נתב״ג) is Israel’s main international airport and by far the busiest airport in the country. Named after Israel’s first prime minister DavidBen-Gurion, the airport serves as a hub for EL AL, Israir Airlines, Arkia and SunD’OR. In 2016 it handled approximately 18 million passengers.It is located 19 km (12 mi) to the southeast of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport is operated by the Israel Airport Authority, a government-owned coroparation that manages all public airports and border crossings in Israel. Ben Gurion Airport is considered to be among the five […]

February 15, 2017

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Cairo International Airport

Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI,ICAO: HECA) (Arabic: مطار القاهرة الدولي‎; Maṭār al-Qāhirah al-Dawlyy) is the international airportof Cairo and the busiest in Egypt and serves as the primary hub for Egypt Air, Egypt Air Express and Nile Air as well as several other airlines. The airport is located in Heliopolis, to the northeast of the Cairo around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the business area of the city and has an area of approximately 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi). It is the second busiest airport in Africa after OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. During World War ll, the United States Army Forces built Payne Airfield to serve the Allied Forces, rather […]

February 14, 2017

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Varna Airport

Varna Airport (Bulgarian: Летище Варна, Letishte Varna) (IATA: VAR, ICAO: LBWN) is the airport of Varna, the historical maritime capital of Bulgaria. Varna Airport is the third largest airport in Balgaria and an important destination during the summer leisure seasons. The airport is located 10 kilometers from the center of Varna near the town of Aksakovo. The airport serves Varna and northeastern Bulgaria. There are domestic and international flights to about 71 destinations in 29 countries by more than 53 Bulgarian and foreign airlines. The busiest season for the airport is from the end of May to the beginning of October. […]

February 14, 2017

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Munich Airport

Munich Airport (IATA: MUC,ICAO: EDDM), German: Flughafen München, is a major international airport near Munich, the capital of Bavaria. It is the second busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic behindFranfurt Airport, and the seventh busiest airport in Europe, handling 40,9 million passengers in 2015. It is the world’s 15th busiest airport in terms of international passenger traffic, and was the 34th busiest airport worldwide in 2015. As of March 2015, the airport features flights to 228 destinations in 66 countries. Munich Airport serves as the secondary hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa Regional and its Star Alliance partners besides Frankfurt. The airport served 42 million passengers in 2016 The airport is located 28.5 km […]

February 14, 2017

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Cologne Bonn Airport

Cologne Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also known as Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) is the international airport of Germany’s fourth-largest city Cologne, and also serves Bonn, capital of the former West-Germany. With around 10.3 million passengers passing through it in 2015, it is the seventh-largest passenger airport in Germany and the third-largest in terms of cargo operations. By traffic units, which combines cargo and passengers, the airport is in fifth position in Germany. As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport had services to 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries. It is named after Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war Chancellor of West Germany. The airport is located in […]

February 14, 2017

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Pulkovo Airport

Pulkovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Пулково, Aeroport Pulkovo) (IATA: LED, ICAO: ULLI) is an international airport serving Saint Petersberg, Russia. It consists of one terminal, Terminal 1 which is located 23 km (14 mi) south of the city centre. The airport serves as a hub for Rossiya Airlines (formerly PulKovo Aviation Enterprise), and as focus city for Nordavia. Pulkovo International Airport is responsible for serving the citizens of Saint Petersburg, as well as the Leningrad Oblast: a total of 6,120,000 people. Pulkovo Airport was officially opened on June 24, 1932, as a state-owned domestic airport. In 2013, 12,854,366 passengers (a +15.6% increase from that of 2012) traveled through […]

February 14, 2017

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Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (Ukrainaian : Міжнародний аеропорт “Київ” імені Ігоря Сікорського (Жуляни)) (IATA: IEV,ICAO: UKKK) is one of the two passenger airports of the Ukraniana capital Kiev. It is owned by the municipality of Kiev and located in the southern Zhuliany neighbourhood of the city. Aside from facilitating regular passenger flights, Kyiv International Airport is also the main business aviaition airport in Ukraine, and one of the busiest business aviation hubs in Europe. After Ukraine gained independence in 1991, “Kyiv” airport began receiving international flights from nearby countries (first from its former soviet domestic destinations), increasingly so since the 2000s when Ukraine’s civil aviation started […]

February 14, 2017

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Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza

Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Tiranës Nënë Tereza, IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) is currently Albania’s only international airport. It is commonly known as Rinas International Airport, as it is located in the village of Rinas 6 nautical miles(11 kilometres; 6.9 miles) northwest of Tirana. The airport was named in 2001, after the Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa. It is one of the busiest airport in the Balkans, handling nearly 2.2 million passengers in 2016.It serves as a hub for local carrier Albawings and as a focus city for Blue Panorama Airlines, Adria Airways, Alitalia and Mistaral Air. The air traffic equipment and facilities of […]

February 14, 2017

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Doha International Airport

Doha International Airport (ICAO: OTBD) (Arabic: مطار الدوحة الدولي‎‎) is an airport in Doha, Qater. It was Qatar’s commercial international airport until Hamad International Airport opened on 30 April 2014. While all scheduled commercial traffic ceased, the airport site and existing runway is still used by Qatar Emiri Air Force, Rizon Jet and Gulf Helicopters. The airport suffered from overutilization, even though it had been expanded numerous times. Before the opening of the new airport, the capacity stood at 12 million passengers per year. Its 4,570-metre (14,993 ft) runway was one of the longest at a civil airport. It was the main base of Qater Airways. In the […]

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Dubai International Airport

Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي‎‎) is the primary airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the worlds busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the 3rd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic,the 6th cargo airport in the world, the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, and the busiest airport in the world operating with only two runways. In 2016, DXB handled 83.6 million passengers, 2.59 million tonnes of cargo and registered 418,220 aircraft movements. Dubai International is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 2.5 nautical miles(4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of Dubai and spread over an area […]