09 Aug 2013
(MENAFN) Abu Dhabi plans to expand floor area to reach more than triple passenger capacity reaching 40 million passengers with a new airport terminal. Terminal under construction is due to open in 2017 at Abu Dhabi International Airport, according to Khaleej Times.
The terminus, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates and observed by Etihad Airways and its partner airlines, will join a crowded space of regional airports with Dubai and Doha in Qatar, and will include a hotel and museum, in addition to shops, restaurants and airline lounge.
The luxurious style of the building will simulate the five-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi or the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, as Tony Douglas stated, chief executive officer of Heathrow airport in London.
Tony Douglas said in a July 30 interview at the construction site: “Am I concerned that when we open this we”ll see tumbleweed blowing along the runways, empty departure halls and an aircraft control tower with everyone reading the newspaper? No, no and no. We can”t get it open a minute soon enough.”
Douglas added: “The airlines are growing so quickly we can hardly keep up with the infrastructure. It”s the type of problem that every airport operator dreams of.”
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