Popular Airport | Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 8026 Km |
While the passengers who want to travel from Aswan to Daraw Airport use taxis heavily, there are a lot of people going to the airport by using the car rental option.
You can easily get to the airport by taking a taxi, 24-hours a day, with stops on the important streets of the city. Since taxi drivers in the city are open to bargaining, if you do not want to pay high sums, it might be beneficiary for you to talk to the driver before the trip.
You can rent a car over the internet or by phone from Avis, Alamo, Budget, Hertz and National companies, and then deliver the rental car at the airport car park after your journey.
Daraw Airport, built near the eye-catching beauty of the Nile River, is able to provide all kinds of services to passengers with a single terminal building. Passengers can use the wireless internet at every corner of the terminal building and they can perform worship in the mosque and make cash transactions from the ATMs. Among the banks of ATMs located at the airport are CIB, Misr Bank, Al Ahly Egyptian Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.
There is a large playground for passengers with kids at the airport where the pharmacy, health room, post office and lost-goods bureau are available. There is a private smoking room because indoor smoking is forbidden. In addition, the Egyptian Air Duty Free store and the SSP Egypt restaurant are also open to the passengers to have a good time during their waiting time.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport is located on West Island which is one of the south Cocos Islands with natural beauty and is 5 km from the village center. For transfers from the airport to the village center, you can only choose a taxi as an option and for group transportation you can rent a car from the local car rental offices.
The easiest way to get to the village center from Cocos Islands Airport is by taxi. Taxis are both comfortable and cheap and you can find taxis at the terminal exit. If the terminal is crowded, taxis can take a few passengers, so you can share the taxi with other passengers.
There are no international rental companies on any of these small islands. You will see several local car rental offices at the airport. You can rent a car that you can use during your entire trip or you can ask for a large vehicle for your group.
Asking for an airport transfers to your hotel on Cocos Islands will be easier asking for once you have got off the plane. Because the distance is so short, your hotel is highly likely to offer such a service.