<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Transport Directions</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Distance from Djerba Airport to Houmt Souk is about 9 kilometres. It takes 15 minutes to get to the centre of Houmt Souk by car or taxi.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Taxi Djerba. Houmt Souk &ndash; Taxi driving past a mosque</p>
<p class="blog-para">Taxi is the quickest and most comfortable way to get from the airport to your hotel.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It&rsquo;s a very inexpensive way to travel around Djerba Island. Starting price is about 0,15&euro;, and 1 kilometer will cost you around 0,3&euro;.</p>
<p class="blog-para">So it will cost you around 3&euro; to get from the airport to centre of Houmt Souk (9 km ride).</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus:</strong> Buses are very cheap way of traveling on Djerba, but only natives know their schedule. One-way ticket costs 0.25&euro;. The central station for local and inter-urban buses is in Houmt Souk. There are daily lines that links capital city to Medenine, Gabes, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis etc.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Parking:</strong> If you are arriving by car, there are over 650 parking lots available directly on the airport.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Services and Facilities</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Djerba Airport is fully equipped with Shops and Restaurants so you can buy some souvenirs and gifts on the way back home. There are Duty Free Shops and gift shops sprinkled around the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There is an Exchange Office, Post Office and ATMs in the arrivals terminal, so you can buy some local currency right after landing.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There is also a Tourist Help Desk. All major Airlines have offices inside the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Post Second World War:</strong> When the war ended the airfield remained under military control. It was officially opened for commercial traffic on 19 May 1947. The first commercial flight to use the airport was a British European Airways service from London (Northolt) to Shetland, with Edinburgh and Aberdeen being intermediate stopping points. The aircraft was an 18-seat Douglas C47.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1952, the runway was extended to 6000 ft to handle the Vampire FB5s operated by the resident 603 Squadron, and an aircraft arresting barrier net was installed to protect traffic on the adjacent A9 road.[citation needed] The net remained in place until the early 1970s and was used to stop one of the Ferranti Flying Unit Buccaneers which had overrun the runway. A further use was in 1970 when a Meteor TT20, operated by the RN Fleet Requirement Unit, overran the runway and ended up in the net. In 1956, a new passenger terminal was built to provide an improved commercial service; five years later it was extended. After the disbandment of the 603 Squadron in March 1957, the Air Ministry transferred ownership to the Ministry of Aviation in 1960 to offer improved commercial service to the airport. Flying was temporarily diverted to East Fortune, which had its runway extended to accommodate the airliners of the period.</p>
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