Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, the airport has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
By: Ilan Gattegno and Ronit Zilberstein, Israel Hayom via JNS.org
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation and Road Safety Minister Yisrael Katz inaugurated the Ramon International Airport in southern Israel on Jan. 21.
The new airport will serve the southern resort city of Eilat, situated about 12 miles to its south. The city’s old airport can handle only eight flights an hour, and no wide-body aircraft.
Ramon International Airport is the first civilian airport to be built in Israel since 1948. It is named in honor of the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, and Ramon’s son Assaf, an Israeli Air Force pilot who died in a training accident in 2009.
Ramon’s wife and Asaf’s mother, Rona Ramon, passed away on Dec. 17.
The airport, constructed at a cost of some $500 million, has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers, with room for expansion. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
Officials hope the new airport will help make Eilat a more attractive destination for tourism and a top pick for international conferences, in part because it serves as a transit point for tourists who want to cross from Israel into Egypt and Jordan.
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该机场耗资约5亿美元，年运力达250万人次。它能够每小时处理20次起飞和降落，并可容纳大型飞机，如波音747飞机。
作者：Ilan Gattegno和Ronit Zilberstein，以色列Hayom通过JNS.org
1月21日，以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡和交通与道路安全部长伊斯雷尔·卡茨为以色列南部的拉蒙国际机场揭幕。
新机场将服务于南部度假城市埃拉特，距离南部约12英里。这个城市的旧机场每小时只能处理8个航班，而且没有宽体飞机。
拉蒙国际机场是自1948年以来在以色列建造的第一个民用机场。它的名字是为了纪念2003年哥伦比亚号航天飞机灾难中遇难的第一位以色列宇航员伊兰·拉蒙，以及以色列空军飞行员拉蒙的儿子阿萨夫。谁在2009年的一次训练事故中丧生。
拉蒙的妻子和阿萨夫的母亲罗娜拉蒙于12月17日去世。
该机场耗资约5亿美元，年运力达250万人次，可扩展。它能够每小时处理20次起飞和降落，并可容纳大型飞机，如波音747飞机。
官员们希望新机场将有助于使埃拉特成为更具吸引力的旅游目的地和国际会议的首选，部分原因在于它是希望从以色列进入埃及和约旦的游客的中转站。
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