New Burg El Arab City that was inaugurated in November 1988 is currently one of the major residential and industrial zones in
Alexandria
. It constructed as a part of the governmental plan for creating new cities for absorbing the current and future population , providing more work opportunities for youth and decreasing desertification . It is regarded as the most important industrial zone in
Egypt
for enclosing a huge number of factories and institutions that provide the investors and owners of all small and medium projects whether public or private with all needed facilities and services . The main goal for providing that wide range of facilities is to increase the Egyptian participation in the world trade , and descending the transaction costs to encourage more investors for investing their capital in Egypt .
Burg El Arab Airport is one of the main factors behind raising the importance of the city . It stands about 25 km to the southwest of Alexandria city . The airport comprises of three immigration disks and four check-in desks and one lounge area and two departure gates in addition to other facilities and means of entertainments for the passengers and there is a flight every four hours taking off the airport . There is a plan for expanding the airport for serving a larger number of passengers in the
near future .
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