New Year - New Airport in Israel!

It’s set to open late this month - a brand new, beautiful airport in Eilat, the Ramon Airport, which appears to be a state of the art, cutting edge design that’s sure to be a pleasure landing in. Ramon Airport is just 18 km north of Eilat and will replace the other two nearby airports and eventually be served by a rail link. For the time being, there will be shuttles from Ramon Airport to Eilat for the 10 minute journey to the city, Israel’s window onto the Red Sea.

Because of its location at the head of the Red Sea, the Ramon Airport will also be a gateway for southern Jordan including the resort of Aqaba, and areas of Wadi Rum and Petra, as well as the Taba area of Sinai, in Egypt. And shuttle connections to both Jordan and Egypt are expected from Ramon Airport as the new airfield becomes a truly regional hub.

Designed by Mann Shinar Architects, and will be able to handle 2 million passengers on opening, growing to 4 million passengers at a later stage. The terminal will feature all key facilities of a modern airport terminal including a duty free store, foreign exchange, information, and transportation services.

After opening, all domestic flights to the old Eilat City Airport from Tel Aviv and Haifa will move to the new Eilat Ramon Airport, while the airport will also begin handling low-cost and charter flights from Europe which currently land in Ovda Airport, including flights from Ryanair, WizzAir, easyJet, Transavia, SAS, Finnair, Edelweiss, and Ural Airlines.