Airport in Eilat

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Airport in Eilat

Airport in Eilat - the second scale airport in Israel, located in the south of the country at the center of the eponymous town of Eilat. Runway airline length of 1.9 km, reinforced asphalt and can take, not all types of aircraft. The main activity of the airline aims to service passenger traffic in the country. There are regular flights are carried out in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Sde Dov Airport. However, the aviation hub sends and receives international small aircraft type. The main airport in Eilat carriers began Arkia Israeli Airlines, El Al, IsraEyr used for domestic flights. In the year of the airport serves more than one million passengers.
History

Airport in Eilat was founded in 1949, completely from scratch when Eilat was still a small village. In the early postwar years, airport operations were aimed at the establishment of overhead transmission lines linking it with other localities in Israel, especially with its capital - Tel Aviv.
Then began regular flights from the airport in Eilat at Lod Airport. Until the early 50s were the main carriers of Abiram and Ilta, and since 1950, all regular passenger service began to carry the Israeli airline Arkia.
Dawn of the airline took place in the 60s, when, after a large-scale reconstruction of the runway and passenger terminal, the geography of flights and the increased flow of passengers.
In 1969, the runway was extended airport. And in 1975, the airport received its first international flight from Denmark, made by the airline Sterling Airlines. Since that time, international flights to Eilat became regular.
Services

Eilat Airport sufficiently compact, convenient navigation system. There are all conditions for a comfortable passenger service. Provided voice and visual information on the movement of aircraft, signs and informational announcements in two languages. There are racks of background information, including in Russian.
On the territory of the passenger terminal offered comfortable waiting rooms, hotel, cafe, restaurant, many boutiques with cosmetics and souvenirs, open wine shops and food stalls.
Transport

From the airport in Eilat regular shuttle bus, which runs through the central streets of the city. Many hotel offers a shuttle to take tourists directly to the resort. In addition, you can order a taxi stand Order machines are located in the passenger terminal.

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