Tel  Aviv, June, 2009

The new Ben-Gurion International Airport | TERMINAL 3

This is a look on the ultra-modern new Ben-Gurion Tel Aviv International Airport. Fast in and fast out.

I was positively surprised by this state-of-art terminal and the courtesy expended by the people working there. It is a very nice place to be a few hours before flight.

You must visit the restaurants and the fantastic duty-free shops.

The airport offers a free Wi-Fi fast Internet access.

Built in the 1917, by the Turks, was at that time mainly a military airport, where the 2 strips were used by bi-planes donated by the Germans to their allies, the Ottoman Empire..

It was this airports and its infrastructure that accommodated in the 90's the massive wave of immigration from the formal URSS.

Today, the airport, the main Israel’s gateway, handles some 400k domestic and 1,300k international passengers a month and more than 82,000 flights a year (2008).

THINKING ABOUT THE TODAY HASSLE AT ANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE BEN-GURION PASSAGE WAS A BREEZE!

BUT, YOU STILL FEEL SUPER SECURE AND PROTECTED!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL1_EjPVM4o&feature=channel)

Every 10 minutes, water is falling from the round center of the ceiling, like a solid water cylinder, cooling the air and smoothing the soul!

By Hedi Enghelberg| hedi@enghelberg.com