New terminal at Hurghada Airport to keep up with tourism

July 14, 2014 2:02 pm

Chairman of Egyptian company for airports Adel Mahgoub said Hurghada International Airport will see development soon and that experimental operation of Terminal 2 will take place before official operation in October.

The building contains 7.5 million passengers and will reach up to 13 million passengers annually after the development.

It will include 11 gates linked to passenger boarding bridges and new passageway for the biggest planes in world and be an alternative for landing of planes in case if emergency the at Cairo Airport. The expansion will also enlarge the tarmac.