Transportation from the City Center to King Hussein International Airport
Aqaba is located in the south of Jordan, on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba. The city, which is an important trade center, is also a port city. Due to its location, there are luxury hotels in the city, which is close to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The only airport serving in Aqaba is King Hussein International Airport. The airport, which is located 10 km north of the city center of Aqaba, has one terminal and only one departure gate, as it is quite small. Turkish Airlines has reciprocal flights from Istanbul Airport to Aqaba King Hussein International Airport.
There are shuttle services, taxi and car rental options for transportation to King Hussein International Airport, which is 10 km away from the city center. There is no bus service between the airport and Aqaba city center.
You can use the shuttle services to reach the airport from the city center. Private companies offer shuttle services from Aqaba city center and from different points to the airport. In addition, you can use the private transfer services of the hotels. This way, which is a bit costly, you can reach the airport comfortably from your hotel.
Another way to reach the airport from the city center is to use taxis. You can negotiate the fare with the taxis that take you to the airport in about 20 minutes.
If you want, you can rent a car so you can easily reach King Hussein International Airport from Aqaba city center in 15 minutes.
King Hussein International Airport Contact Information
Address: PO Box 82, Aqaba 77191, Jordan
Tel: +962 (3) 2034010
Fax: +962 (3) 2034011
Transportation from Borg El Arab Airport to the City Center
Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is the main airport of Alexandria, Egypt. Along with the city of Alexandria, it also serves other cities neighboring the Nile Delta.
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt and at the same time one of the most important trade and tourism cities of Egypt with its location on the Mediterranean coast. It is a unique city that attracts all types of visitors with its oil refineries, petrochemical complexes, a large port where products grown from the fertile lands of the Nile Delta are exported, and artifacts from Ancient Greece.
The distance between the airport and the city center is approximately 50 km. but there is no public transportation option that covers this distance. Instead, you can use private shuttles and buses departing from the airport.
Egypt Bus company takes passengers from the airport to Muharram Bek Bus Station, which is approximately 5 km from the city center. Buses leave almost every two hours for 24 hours. The journey takes about an hour. You can buy your bus ticket from the Egypt Bus box office at the airport or online from the company's official website. The buses are air-conditioned and provide enough space for your suitcases.
https://egyptbus.com/schedule_rev
You can also use the taxis you see when you leave the airport arrivals terminal to go to the city center. Since the foreign languages of taxi drivers are not very advanced, it is useful to show the full address of your destination in written form.
It is also necessary not to ignore the fact that taxis at Borg El Arab Airport try to get too much money from tourists. Therefore, you can use the Uber application, which is frequently and safely used in both Alexandria and Cairo, to go from the airport to the city.
Thus, you will have an economical journey even from the normal taxi fare, and it will be safer than taking a taxi. Your journey to the city center, which is approximately 50 km away, takes an average of 50 minutes by passenger cars.