Aerosoft Sharm El-Sheikh X Instruction Manual

FSDG – Sharm El-Sheikh X

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FSDG – Sharm El-Sheikh X

CONTENTS

Contents........................................................................................................2

Introduction...................................................................................................3

Copyright.......................................................................................................4

Credits..........................................................................................................4

System Requirements......................................................................................5

Installation.....................................................................................................5

Support.........................................................................................................5

Airport information..........................................................................................6

FS9 settings...................................................................................................7

FSX settings................................................................................................... 7

Scenery Shadows............................................................................................8

F.A.Q.............................................................................................................9

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FSDG – Sharm El-Sheikh X

INTRODUCTION

The Red Sea: one of the most fascinating underwater experiences in the world and a
top holiday destination for sunbathers and vacationists. Located at the southern tip
of the Sinai Peninsula, Sharm El-Sheikh (“bay of the Sheikh”) is one of the most
popular tourism centers at the shores of the Red Sea. Featuring huge coral gardens
and deep reef walls down to 2,600ft, the diving spots around Sharm El-Sheikh are
well-known among scuba divers around the globe.

Only 20 years ago, Sharm El-Sheikh was a mere fishing village, its airport used by
military only. The airport was built in 1968, after the Six-Day War, by the Israeli Air
Force, but was handed back to Egypt after both countries signed the Camp David
Accords. It was only in the mid-nineties when tourism began to have a major impact
in the area and dozens of luxury hotels rose in the vicinity of the airport. Within two
decades tourist numbers grew from a handful to several million per year. The airport
had to be extended, and in 2007 the new terminal 1 opened, featuring a distinctive
architecture that mixes modern technology with forms and materials of the
indigenous Bedouin culture. Together with the old terminal 2, which has been
modernized in 2004, a total annual number of 7.5 million passengers can be
handled.

Shortly after the inauguration of the new terminal, plans of further expansion were
presented, an enhancement that would add a third runway and terminal north of the
current airport area and extend the annual passenger capacity to more than 15
million. The expansion should have been completed by now according to original
plans, but with the difficult situation in Egypt today, it remains unsure if those plans
will be realized at all.

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