Last night (Saturday) a record was broken at the Begin crossing while 10,675 passengers passed through it during 15 hours of work at the Begin terminal and since the beginning of the Passover holiday until today, more than 150,000 passengers have passed through the Begin crossing. The border crossing to Sinai in Eilat returned to activity as it was at the peak of activity in 2019, the previous daily peak at the crossing was in 2019 and stood at 8900 passengers.
Since the beginning of May during the Independence Day holiday and Eid al-Fayter, 53,057 passengers have passed and since the beginning of the Passover holiday until last night at midnight, 149,000 passengers have passed through the terminal.
Although the operating hours in the transition from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm during the busy days the terminal closes towards midnight. As part of the preparations for the busy days, we set up an air-conditioned tent 80 meters long for the service of the passers-by at the border crossing and service was provided to assisted passers-by.
The Ministry of Health gave special permission to fill out the entry form into Israel before leaving the country and doubled the air-conditioned area designated for the corona examinations of passengers and passengers entering Israel performed by the Ministry of Health.
The Airports Authority, in cooperation with the Eilat Municipality, operated a parking lot with 1,000 parking spaces and a free shuttle from the long-term parking lot in the area of the old airport to the border crossing.
The Authority stated: “We will increase the number of ushers and services for populations in need of assistance and we will add benches and chairs. The hours of operation at the crossing were adjusted to the constraints derived from the holidays on the Egyptian side as well. ”
It was also reported that during the holidays, reinforced teams from the Population Authority, the Customs, the Israel Police, the IDF and the activity partners operated shoulder to shoulder, and without their support and help, the terminal could not be operated. Today and tomorrow are expected to pass from the last Sinai celebrants with today expected about 6000 passengers and tomorrow about 4000 passengers. The Airports Authority mentions and emphasizes that the border crossing in Taba is closed at eight in the evening and calls on returnees to arrive at the crossing up to three hours before it closes. “
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