Abu Dhabi International Airport

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Abu Dhabi International Airport
مطار أبوظبي الدولي

IATA: AUH – ICAO: OMAA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Serves Abu Dhabi
Elevation AMSL 27 m / 88 ft
Coordinates 24°25′41″N 54°38′49″E / 24.42806, 54.64694
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 4,000 13,452 Asphalt
An Etihad A380-800 at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Abu Dhabi International Airport (Arabic: مطار أبو ظبي الدولي‎) (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) is an airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world in terms of passengers (+34% in Q1:2008), new airline operators, and infrastructural development. Currently undergoing a major expansion, the total amount earmarked for its various projects, or masterplan development, is US$6.8 billion.

Abu Dhabi airport is the second largest in the UAE, serving 6.9 million passengers in 2007, up 30 per cent on the year before. Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways which is the United Arab Emirates' second largest air carrier after Emirates Airlines.

Work is underway on a new terminal at the airport, to open later this year. Once completed, the airport’s three terminals will have an approximate capacity of 12 million passengers per annum. It is expected that passenger numbers will reach this level in 2011.

Development work has also started on a major new passenger terminal, to be situated between the two runways and known as the Midfield Terminal. Upon completion in 2012, the Midfield Terminal will take the airport’s passenger capacity to more than 20 million per year.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Destinations by region

Destinations by airline

Passenger and Cargo Airlines servicing Abu Dhabi International Airport
Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Blue Islamabad, Lahore 2
Air India Delhi, Mumbai, Muscat
  • Calicut, Cochin, Mangalore, Muscat, Thiruvananthapuram
 2
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chittagong, Dhaka 2
British Airways London-Heathrow, Muscat 1
Cargoitalia Milan ADIA
Cargolux Luxembourg ADIA
China Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan, Vienna 1
China Airlines Cargo Taipei-Taoyuan ADIA
EgyptAir Cairo 1
Etihad Airways Almaty [begins December 2][1], Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Beirut, Brisbane, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne [begins March 29, 2009][2], Milan-Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow-Domodedovo [begins December 2008][3], Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Riyadh, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvananthapuram, Toronto-Pearson 1
Etihad Crytal Cargo Addis Ababa, Bangalore, Chennai, Colombo, Dehli, Frankfurt-Hahn, Karachi, Khartoum, Kolkata, Lagos, Milan, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzen ADIA
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa 1
GMG Airlines Dhaka [begins December 2008] 2
Gulf Air Bahrain 1
Iran Aseman Airlines Lar 2
Jet Airways Dehli, Mumbai 1
Kam Air Kabul 2
KLM Amsterdam, Bahrain 1
Kuwait Airways Kuwait, Muscat 1
Lufthansa Frankfurt 1
Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt-Hahn ADIA
Martinair Amsterdam 1
Martinair Cargo Amsterdam ADIA
Maximus (Global) ADIA
Middle East Airlines Beirut 1
Oman Air Muscat 1
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot 2
Qatar Airways Doha 1
Royal Jordanian Amman 1
Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah, Medinah, Riyadh 1
Shaheen Air International Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar 2
Singapore Airlines Jeddah, Singapore 1
SriLankan Airlines Colombo 1A
Sudan Airways Khartoum 2
Syrian Arab Airlines Aleppo, Damascus 1
TAROM Bucharest-Otopeni 1
Transaero Moscow-Domededovo 1
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk 1
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat 2
Turkmenistan Airlines Cargo Ashgabat ADIA
Yemenia Riyan, Sana'a 2

Statistics

Statistics for Abu Dhabi International Airport
Year Total Passengers Total Cargo (tons) Total Aircraft Movements
1998 3,131,283 79,847 45,927
1999 3,522,306 92,267 50,694
2000 3,684,307 318,632 57,111
2001 3,588,015 385,055 65,134
2002 3,986,665 391,079 35,987
2004 5,247,000 N/A N/A
2005 5,465,987 N/A N/A
2006 6,289,457 257,622 75,437
2007 6,926,000 315,317 78,011

Future

Terminal 2, opened in August 2005, has a baggage handling system with online security screening, flight information display system, security surveillance and access control, 1000 square metres of duty free and cafeterias, business classlounge, e-gate and iris scan.

Expansion

The international terminal.
The interior of the airport
The exterior of the airport seen from the runway.

The airport is also home for the fastest growing international carrier Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. Etihad started operations in 2004 and operates an international network to 45 destinations.

The masterplan projects include the new Midfield Terminal (the main building and centre-piece of the new airport) which is set for first phase completion in 2012. In addition there is to be an all-weather, 4,100m runway 2km parallel to the existing airstrip, a new air traffic control centre, enhanced cargo facilities and business park and property developments.

The Midfield Terminal, when opened, will handle up to 20 million passengers per year, with options for this to double in capacity to 40 million. An additional facility is also under consideration that would take the capacity to 50 million.

The new Terminal 3 building, a UAE Dirhams 1 billion (US$ 271.9 million) interim facility to cater to the airport's passenger growth before the opening of the Midfield Terminal, is expected to be open in late 2008. To be used predominantly by Etihad Airways, the terminal will boost the airport's current 7 million passenger per year capacity to 12 million. The new Terminal 3 will also add 10 new gates at the airport, two of which will be A380 compatible.

Abu Dhabi International Airport has a three star rating from Skytrax.[4]

The airport handled 6,970,000 passengers in 2007.

Terminal 2 is capable of handling up to two million passengers per year. It was built as a solution to air traffic volumes which have outgrown the existing terminal.

Work on the new 110 metre Air Traffic Control tower has begun. The airport master plan also involves the construction of a second runway running parallel to the existing runway at a distance of 2,000 metres

The project will provide a home base for the UAE's national carrier, Etihad Airways, which will be a major user of new cargo facilities with an ultimate handling capacity of around two million tonnes of freight a year. Close to the new cargo facilities land has been allocated for commercial activities, business parks and property developments. Aircraft maintenance facilities will continue to be concentrated on the south side of the existing airport. The plan also sets aside land for the growth of other operators such as Royal Jet and Abu Dhabi Aviation. One of the first phases of the project will be the construction of a second , 4,100 metre runway which will cater for the latest generation of aircraft, including the new Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft.

Among other aspects of the project completed recently are the design of remote aircraft stands complete with airfield ground lighting and hydrant fuel.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Etihad Airways: Etihad to launch flights to Kazakhstan in December
  2. ^ "Etihad to arrive at Melbourne Airport". Melbourne Airport (2008-07-28). Retrieved on 2008-07-28.
  3. ^ Etihad Airways: Etihad will fly to Moscow in December 2008
  4. ^ "Airport Star Ranking - 3 Star Airports". Skytrax (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.

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