Egypt To Boost Capacities Of Major Airports To 75.5M By 2020
According
to the Minister of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry, Sherif Fathy, Egypt plans to boost capacity of
the country’s key airports from 47 million to upwards of 75.5 million passengers
by 2020. He made that announcement while delivering his speech at the Airports
Council International (ACI) Africa Regional Conference and Exhibition being held
in the country. Fathy noted that the Ministry's strategy aims at expanding in the
field of air cargo through establishing a new Cairo Cargo City (CCC) at Cairo
International Airport. He added that the new Cargo City is set to be built on a
150,000 square meters space in a bid to increase accommodation capacity by
350,000 tonnes annually by 2020 to reach 800,000 in 2025.
The
ACI Africa Regional Conference and Exhibition takes place in Cairo from 8 to 15
April 2016 and is hosted by the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air
Navigation (EHCAAN). The theme of the conference is "Economic sustainability of African airports: Challenges and
opportunities" and sessions will focus on the challenges of the
economic development and sustainability of air transport in Africa, the
enhancement of airport commercial revenues and the safety and security needed
to support this development.
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