UAE nets $20b in airports projects
Nearly a third of all the airport development projects across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia – valued at $65 billion – are currently being executed in the UAE, according to industry estimates.
With $20 billion airport projects currently in various stages of development, the UAE is leading in the development of aviation infrastructure in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
Al Maktoum International Airport (AMIA) in Jebel Ali, slated to be the world's biggest greenfield airport development, leads the list of projects.
A $6.8 billion redevelopment of the Abu Dhabi International Airport will create a new hub in the UAE capital while a $4.1 billion Dubai International Airport expansion, which will more than double its existing passenger handling capacity to 70 million will help the UAE to create the largest aviation hub in the region.
The first of the six runways at AMIA has already been completed. It will primarily cater to the growing logistics market, charter operation as well as the business aviation sectors.
AMIA will, once completed, have the highest passenger handling capacity - 150 million - making it the biggest in the world
A redeveloped Abu Dhabi International Airport will see passenger handling capacity rising to 50 million.
Once completed, all the three airports will have a combined passenger handling capacity of 270 million per year - more than the total population of the Arab world.
Dubai government recently separated its regulatory functions from the operations and management of the aviation sector, to bring in transparency as it gradually reinforces its position as a global hub and spearhead its growth.
"Operation and regulation by the same entity poses a conflict of interest. However, the new move will separate those to functions and help bring in more transparency to the industry," Robert Ziegler, principal at A.T. Kearney (UAE) Limited., told Gulf News recently.
Beyond the UAE, the $5.5 billion New Doha International Airport in Qatar and the $11.3 billion upgrade of King Abdul Aziz, Madinah and Tabuk airports in Saudi Arabia will raise the value of the ongoing projects in the GCC to $37 billion.
"Fueled by strong economic growth and increased passenger traffic, the region is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world," said a report.
In Africa, $3 billion has been earmarked to expand Libya’s Tripoli International Airport and build five new airports, $850 million will be spent on airport projects in Egypt including Cairo International Airport and $725 million on Tambo and Johannesburg International Airports and other regional developments in South Africa.
With $20 billion airport projects currently in various stages of development, the UAE is leading in the development of aviation infrastructure in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
Al Maktoum International Airport (AMIA) in Jebel Ali, slated to be the world's biggest greenfield airport development, leads the list of projects.
A $6.8 billion redevelopment of the Abu Dhabi International Airport will create a new hub in the UAE capital while a $4.1 billion Dubai International Airport expansion, which will more than double its existing passenger handling capacity to 70 million will help the UAE to create the largest aviation hub in the region.
The first of the six runways at AMIA has already been completed. It will primarily cater to the growing logistics market, charter operation as well as the business aviation sectors.
AMIA will, once completed, have the highest passenger handling capacity - 150 million - making it the biggest in the world
A redeveloped Abu Dhabi International Airport will see passenger handling capacity rising to 50 million.
Once completed, all the three airports will have a combined passenger handling capacity of 270 million per year - more than the total population of the Arab world.
Dubai government recently separated its regulatory functions from the operations and management of the aviation sector, to bring in transparency as it gradually reinforces its position as a global hub and spearhead its growth.
"Operation and regulation by the same entity poses a conflict of interest. However, the new move will separate those to functions and help bring in more transparency to the industry," Robert Ziegler, principal at A.T. Kearney (UAE) Limited., told Gulf News recently.
Beyond the UAE, the $5.5 billion New Doha International Airport in Qatar and the $11.3 billion upgrade of King Abdul Aziz, Madinah and Tabuk airports in Saudi Arabia will raise the value of the ongoing projects in the GCC to $37 billion.
"Fueled by strong economic growth and increased passenger traffic, the region is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world," said a report.
In Africa, $3 billion has been earmarked to expand Libya’s Tripoli International Airport and build five new airports, $850 million will be spent on airport projects in Egypt including Cairo International Airport and $725 million on Tambo and Johannesburg International Airports and other regional developments in South Africa.
Important airport developments in the Middle East include:
Abu Dhabi International Airport – $6.8 billion
Bahrain International Airport – $815 million
Dubai World Central International Airport (Jebel Ali) – $8.2 billion
Kuwait International Airport – $2.1 billion
New Doha International Airport (NDIA), Qatar – $5.5 billion
Saudi Arabia (King Abdul Aziz, Madinah and Tabuk Airports) – $11.3 billion
Baghdad International Airport, Iraq - $2 billion
Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan - $600 million
South Asia:
Airports Authority of India’s modernisation of smaller airports in India - $4 billion
Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka – $250 million
Multan Airport, Pakistan – $250 million
Hyderabad International Airport Limited. (HIAL), India – $496 million
Kolkata & Chennai airport expansions, India – $1.07 billion
New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA), Pakistan – $400 million
Gawadar Airport, Pakistan – $260 million
Dehli International Airport, India – $1 billion
Africa:
Egypt (Cairo International Airport and other airports) – $850 million
Libya (Tripoli International Airport, plus 5 new airports) – $3 billion
Morocco (Mohammed V International & Benslimane Airports – $565 million
South Africa (Tambo and Johannesburg International Airports and other regional development) – $725 million
New Khartoum International Airport, Sudan – $530 million
Tunisia – (Enfidha and Monastir Airports) – $532 million
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