Transportation from the City Center to the Van FeritMelen Airport
Van Ferit Melen Airport, that has international connections since the year 2009, is an airport located in easternmost point of Turkey. The nearest airport is the Hoy Airport located in Iran and the airport is the first among others in Turkey that satellite landing system had been established. Ferit Melen Airport that is among first airports in Turkey built with unmilitary status has direct flight connections that are operated regularly from/to Ankara and Istanbul and indirect connections with other cities through Turkish Airlines, Atlas Jet and Pegasus Airlines.
If you consider reaching to the airport with your personal car, it should be reminded that the airport has a parking area with a capacity for 140 vehicles. You might call a taxi from any station close to you or you might reach to airport by renting a car from car rental offices.
For the passengers of Turkish Airline and Anadolu Jet, there are shuttle services to the airport from Erciş, Şemdinli and Yüksekova.
Ferit Melen Airport Contact Information
Address: Eminpaşa, Havaalanı Yolu No: 31, 65040 Van Merkez/Van, Türkiye
Phone: +90 (432) 227 00 01
Fax Number: +90 (432) 227 00 05
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.