Eng. Dr. Mahmoud Esmat, the Board Chairman of the Holding Company for Airports and Navigation, said a project to replace and renovate the satellite stations network at all Egyptian airports has been introduced.
The project comprises the master station in Cairo and a main reciprocal station at October Airport and 21 sub-stations at Egyptian airports for the transfer of data and information on air traffic between the Cairo Center for Air Navigation and Regional Airports to facilitate take-off and landing and raise the efficiency of airports in order to raise the level of security and safety in the Egyptian airspace.
A technical study is expected to be completed by the end of this month at estimated costs amounting to around EGP 90 million over a period of 24 months.
The head of the Holding Company for Airports signed a development loan agreement with the European Investment Bank worth euro 50 million to finance the projects of replacement and renovation of air traffic control systems at Egyptian airports (Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Borg El Arab, Luxor and Aswan) with a four-year grade period and payment over eight years.
An easy-term loan agreement was signed with the French government worth euro 7.1 million to finance the replacement and renovation of air traffic control systems at Taba Airport. The executive was signed with French company Thales in June. The project will be implemented over 18 months.
The company has raised the efficiency of the air traffic control tower at Hurghada airport to keep pace with the increasing traffic after the inauguration of the new Hurghada Airport worth euro 8.4 million, funded by the European Investment Bank jointly with the National Company for Air Navigation Services. The project included the replacement and renovation of a radar station and a computers system for air control and communication system at the airport to be implemented over a period of 12 months.
