New terminal at Abu Dhabi Airport will be completed by 2019

Abu Dhabi Airport will increase passenger traffic to 45 million people in 2019.

The new terminal, which will increase the capacity of Abu Dhabi International Airport to 45 million passengers a year, will be completed by the end of 2019, said Abu Dhabi Airports chairman Avayda Murshed Al Marrara.

Initially, it was assumed that the Midfield Terminal (MTB) worth $ 2.94 billion will be opened in December 2017, but the launch was delayed due to the complexity of the design and execution of the decorative roof structure.

According to Al-Marrara, the readiness of the structure is 86 percent.

As part of the final phase prior to the transfer of the Terminal, Abu Dhabi Airports launched an initiative aimed at working with partners, including Etihad, General Directorate for Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones, airport police, customs and the UAE Civil Aviation Administration (GCAA).

According to officials, MTB has an area of ​​742 thousand square meters. m will increase the number of passengers flying through Abu Dhabi every year to 45 million people over the next decade.

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