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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