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March 4: The Iraqi Transport Minister Amir Abdiljabbar said that the will be a source of employment for thousands of people in the province. Speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the airport, the minister said that Iraqi will have every reason to be proud of the airport once it is completed. Giving out details of the design and costs, Abdiljabbar said a French firm had designed the airport at a…
A source close to developments at the Abu Dhabi Airports Company said on Thursday that the new 109 meter, 20 story air traffic control center tower will open this year. He said “The air traffic control tower is a part of the $6.8 billion (Dh25 billion) redevelopment plan for Abu Dhabi International Airport.” ADAC awarded the French company Thales a $36.7 million contract for the tower, which will become the…
A senior aviation official said on Wednesday that when all three phases of the new Doha International Airport is complete, about 50,000 jobs will be created. The $14 billion airport’s annual passenger handling capacity will reach 50 million. Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi, chairman of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCA) said “Studies conducted by us reveal that when all three phases of the NDIA are ready, 50,000…
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced the number of passengers passing through Abu Dhabi airport in January 2010 compared to January 2009 increased 11 percent to 903,000. Officials attribute the increase to world class conferences and exhibitions being held in Abu Dhabi, like the recent World Future Energy Summit. There was also a 25.6 percent increase in cargo during January, driven by a large volume of…
Al Mal Investment Company (Al Mal) and Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build the Hail International Airport. The 30 billion dollar (Dh 29.3 bn) airport will be located in the Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Musaed Economic City (Pabmec), about 720 kilometers north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Al Mal is the investment arm of M.A. Kharafi Group of Kuwait,…
Heavy rains continued to fall in the western part of Jordan, disrupting air and land traffic. All flights were diverted from Taif airport to King Abdul Aziz International Airport at 9 pm as a precaution. Director of Operations in Jeddah said the municipality was prepared to face any emergency situation, including flash flooding, but the rain was not as heavy as expected. Muhammad Qattan said the operating…
The UAE’s air traffic growth increased to 51,851 air traffic movements in January, and this was driven by Dubai, which ranked first in the region with 24,388 movements, or almost 47 percent of the total. The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said higher air traffic movements were recorded in January 2010 than in January 2009, despite the global economic downturn. Overflights ranked second with 11,006…
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said Monday that new development projects planned for Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) will create at least 34,000 jobs. The new projects are part of GACA’s plan to develop international and domestic airports into airport cities. A GACA technical team previously visited airports in South Korea, Dubai, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam in…
Dnata Travel has opened a new ticket counter at Dubai International Airport in Terminal 1. The new counter will be open 24 hours a day providing dedicated ticketing services for low cost airlines flydubai, Air Arabia, Air Blue, Air India Express, and Jazeera Airways. A Dnata team will also offer travel related service such as car hire, insurance, issuance of international driver’s licenses, and complete holiday…
The Abu Dhabi International Airport passed the security system audit administered by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) under the supervision of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), according to an announcement at a media conference in Abu Dhabi. ICAO is a major UN agency based in Montreal, Canada, responsible for specifying techniques and principles of international air navigation, and…
Passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport increased 6 percent to 3.37 million in 2009, compared to 3.16 million in 2008. The increase is due mainly to increased capacity and frequency of international airline flights. According to statistics released by the Directorate General of Safety and Aviation Services at the Transport and Communication Ministry, passenger arrivals increased by 4 percent to…
Sharjah International Airport announced it will deploy the Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) kiosks, the first in the world to use an Arabic interface. Aviation IT specialist SITA is providing the kiosks under a five year agreement. SITA will also provide web check-in service for Air Arabia and the six million passengers the airline serves. The CUSS kiosks are already in use by passengers of regional airlines.…
Government owned airfield operator Dubai Airports is planning to seek approval for an expansion worth ‘billions of dirhams’. Chief Executive Officer Paul Griffiths said the company will make recommendations regarding boosting capacity in the next few months. Griffiths said aviation generates up to 25 percent of the emirate’s economy because Dubai has invested in facilities and in Emirates Airline to compensate…
Abu Dhabi International Airport expects to continue the healthy growth figures achieved in 2009, and hopes to achieve 8 percent growth in passenger traffic in 2010. Ahmed Mohammed Al Haddabi, an executive with Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) said the airport was one of the few in the world to record positive growth in 2009. He said “Only the airports in the Middle East were able to achieve growth in the last…
Capacity of the existing facilities at the Abu Dhabi International Airport will be given a boost by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) from 12 million a year to 15 million a year over the next five years in order to deal with the three year delay of the Dh25 billion (US$6.8bn) Midfield Terminal. The new terminal will be able to handle 20 million passengers a year and is scheduled to open in 2015. ADAC…
Abu Dhabi Airports Company announced that they were successful in their bid to bring the air transport industry’s largest international event to Abu Dhabi. The 18th ‘Routes- The World Development Forum’ will be held in the UAE capital from September 30th to October 3rd, 2012, and is expected to be the biggest ever planned ‘Routes- The World Development Forum’ is an event held each year for the air service…
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport increased 9.2 percent to reach a record 40.9 million in 2009, making it one of the world’s fastest growing hubs despite the economic downturn. Traffic growth accelerated throughout the year hitting its highest rise of 14.5 percent in December. The increase was driven by a substantial capacity expansion by Emirates Airline, the introduction of Dubai’s low cost…
