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In 2005, the airport was upgraded [4] 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, [5] a bank, [5] a Bureau de change, an auto exchange machine (CIB), restaurants, cafeterias, a VIP Lounge, a duty-free shop, [4] a newsagent/tobacconist, a chemist shop, a gift shop, a travel agency, [5] a ...
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts (German pronunciation: [ˈmøːvənpɪk]; English: / ˈ m uː v ə n ˌ p ɪ k /) is a Swiss hotel management company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland.It is fully owned by Accor since the September 2018 acquisition from former shareholders Mövenpick Holding (66.7%) and the Saudi-based Kingdom Group (33.3%).
Nile cities include Khartoum, Aswan, Luxor (Thebes), and the Giza – Cairo conurbation. The first cataract, the closest to the mouth of the river, is at Aswan, north of the Aswan Dam. This part of the river is a regular tourist route, with cruise ships and traditional wooden sailing boats known as feluccas.
In October 1963, a Soviet Union military transport plane crashed at the airport, killing 14 people. [5] 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport. [6] 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board died.
Ships, particularly Nile cruisers ferrying tourists from Luxor to Aswan 155 km (96 mi) further upstream, can be held up for hours while they negotiate their way through the lock system. The two main points of interest in Esna are its lively tourist-oriented market, which fills a couple of streets leading inland from the corniche .
The airport is adjacent to and shares some infrastructure with the Cairo West Air Base. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road. [8] The main runway (16R/34L) is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the Cairo West runway complex. The aircraft parking ramp and terminal facilities are on the west side of the runway. [1]
All but two people on a Jeju Air plane carrying 175 passengers and six crew died after it crashed at the airport in Muan County just after 9 a.m. local time on Sunday – in what is the deadliest ...
Winter Palace Hotel: front and main entrance Winter Palace Hotel Winter Palace Hotel from The Nile Inside the Old Winter Palace Sitting room. The Winter Palace Hotel, also known as the Old Winter Palace Hotel, is a historic British colonial-era 5-star luxury resort hotel located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, just south of Luxor Temple, with 86 rooms and 6 suites.