28 Dec 2009

EGYPT / TOURISM

Egypt’s economy depends on the millions of tourists who flock to the country each year. A new air terminal in Cairo aims to increase and better accommodate tourists. WORLD BANK

Posted at: December 28, 2009 12:38 pm

Duration: 02:37

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WORLD BANK:  EGYPT / TOURISM
TRT: 2:37
SOURCE: WORLD BANK
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: JULY 2009, GIZA, CAIRO, EGYPT

SHOTLIST:

JULY 2009, GIZA, EGYPT

1. Wide shot, pyramids with tourists

JULY 2009, CAIRO, EGYPT

2. Various shots, tourists
3. Wide shot, Cairo airport
4. Wide shot, airport terminal
5. Wide shot, people walking with suitcases falling
6. Tilt down, from airport to cars in front
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ibrahim Manna, Chairman, Ministry of Civil Aviation:
"It was the time to increase the capacity of our buildings, because we reached the maximum capacity, we have terminal one and terminal two, the maximum capacity nine and half million, we reached this year fourteen million."
8. Med shot, ticket counter		
9. Med shot, tourists at counter
10. Close of suitcase
11. Various shots, tourists
12. Various shots, interior airport terminal
13. Tracking shot, cart in airport
14. Wide shot, airplane on tarmac 
15. Wide shot, Egypt Air plane on tarmac
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tawfik Assy, Chairman, Egyptair Holding Company: 
"All the star alliance members serving Cairo, they are in operating in  terminal three, so their connectivity time, you know, it is very easy now for all the passengers in star alliance to come to Cairo as a hub and make transit time, maximum one hour."
17. Wide shot, screens in terminal
18. Wide shot, check in counter
19. Wide shot, immigration counter
20. Med shot, baggage conveyor belt
21. Cutaway, Wafa
22. Wide shot, Wafa leaving airport with bags.

STORYLINE:

Egypt is famed for its pyramids and other ancient structures.  The antiquities bring millions of tourists a year-and with them, millions in hard currency forming a major part of Egypt's national income.

Welcome to Cairo airport's new terminal three, the terminal aims at increasing tourism and trade to the country.

The new international terminal three comes just in time. Officials say Cairo had been at odds to meet the demands of an already growing number of tourists each year.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ibrahim Manna, Chairman, Ministry of Civil Aviation:
"It was the time to increase the capacity of our buildings, because we reached the maximum capacity, we have terminal one and terminal two, the maximum capacity nine and half million, we reached this year fourteen million."

Egypt built the new terminal under the country's Airports Development Project-financed by the World Bank.  The project also built a new airport in Egypt's red sea resort town of Sharm al Sheik.

The new Cairo terminal comprises a main building and two symmetrical concourses, or "piers," and totals 211,000 square meters.

The structures are linked with each other, as well as to Cairo's old terminal two via skywalk bridges.

The new design helps airlines reduce transfer time between flights, regardless of whether the transfers are domestic or international.

SOUNDBITE (English) Tawfik Assy, Chairman, Egyptair Holding Company: 
"All the star alliance members serving Cairo, they are in operating in  terminal three, so their connectivity time, you know, it is very easy now for all the passengers in star alliance to come to Cairo as a hub and make transit time, maximum one hour."

The terminal is equipped with state-of-the-art systems for information check-in and immigration.

And a new baggage-handling system can process up to 10,000 items of luggage per hour.