Международный аэропорт им. Давида Бен-Гуриона International Airport. David Ben-Gurion, Israel's main airport. Built in 1936 by the British authorities. Located 14 km south-east of Tel Aviv, near the city of Lod. Airport was opened under the name "Lydda Airport", then in 1948 it was renamed the "Lod Airport" and he kept his name until 1973. Then, the airport was renamed in honor of the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who died on December 1 in the same year. In 2004 he opened terminal number 3, to-date to international airports.The airport is located near the highway number one in Tel Aviv — Jerusalem. Bus company Egged and Dan have routes with a stop at the airport. As the airport is equipped with multi-tier parking, taxi and train station.Airport. Ben-Gurion declared the safest airport in the world in terms of defense against terrorism. It is guarded by police and soldiers, as well as private security firms in airport security uniforms and civilian clothes to maintain a high level of security. Airport suffered several terrorist attacks, but no attempt to hijack the plane failed.Airport Ben Gurion three times was named the best in the Middle East to the parameter "passenger satisfaction"
