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Abu Dhabi International Airport
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Abu Dhabi International Airport مطار أبوظبي الدولي |
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| 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°N 54.64694°E / 24.42806; 54.64694 | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13/31 | 4,100 | 13,452 | Asphalt |
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. The airport is now undergoing a major expansion, the total amount earmarked for projects is US$6.8 billion.
Abu Dhabi airport is the second largest in the UAE, serving 9 million passengers in 2008, up 30 per cent on 2007. Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways which is the United Arab Emirates's second largest air carrier after Emirates Airline.
The newest terminal, Terminal 3, opened in January 2009, taking the airport to 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 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.
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[edit] Statistics
| Year | Total Passengers | Total Cargo | 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 | 82,287 |
| 2008 | 9,026,000 | 353,820 | 93,163 |
[edit] Expansion
The airport is also home for 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 2 km 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, opened in January 2009[3], a UAE Dirhams 1 billion (US$ 271.9 million) interim facility, is to cater to the airport's passenger growth before the opening of the Midfield Terminal. Used predominantly by Etihad Airways, the terminal boosted the airport's seven million passenger per year capacity to 12 million. The new Terminal 3 also added 10 new gates at the airport, two of which are Airbus A380 compatible.
Abu Dhabi International Airport has a three star rating from Skytrax.[4]
The airport handled 9,026,000 passengers in 2008.
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 a new 110 metre Air Traffic Control tower has begun. The airport master plan includes the construction of a second runway at a distance of 2,000 metres from the existing runway, cargo and maintenance facilities, and other commercial developments on land immediately adjacent to and north of the existing airport. The first phase is due to be completed by 2010.
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, when completed, are the design of remote aircraft stands complete with airfield ground lighting and hydrant fuel.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Passenger Services
Airlines  |
Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| AirAsia X | Kuala Lumpur[5] [begins 23 November] | 1 |
| Air Blue | Islamabad, Lahore | 2 |
| Air India Express | Amritsar [begins 3 September] [6], Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi [begins 3 September], Mangalore, Muscat, Trivandrum | 2 |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Chittagong, Dhaka | 2 |
| Blue Wings | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow, Muscat | 1 |
| EgyptAir | Cairo | 1 |
| Etihad Airways | Almaty, Amman, Astana, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Brisbane, Brussels, Cairo, Calicut, Cape Town [begins 30 September][7], Casablanca, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare [begins 4 September][8], Cochin, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hyderabad [begins November 2009], Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, New York–JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Riyadh, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Trivandrum, Toronto-Pearson | 3 |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa | 1 |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain | 1 |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Lar | 2 |
| Jat Airways | Belgrade | 1 |
| Jet Airways | Delhi, Mumbai | 1 |
| Kam Air | Kabul | 2 |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 1 |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait, Muscat | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | 1 |
| Martinair | Amsterdam | 1 |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut | 1 |
| Nas Air (Saudi Arabia) | Jeddah, Riyadh | 2 |
| Oman Air | Muscat | 1 |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan, Sialkot | 2 |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 1 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca | 1 |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman, Muscat | 1 |
| Sama Airlines | Damman, Jeddah | 1 |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh | 1 |
| Shaheen Air International | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar | 2 |
| Singapore Airlines | Kuwait, Singapore | 1 |
| SriLankan Airlines | Colombo | 2 |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum | 2 |
| Syrian Arab Airlines | Aleppo, Damascus | 1A |
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [begins 26 October][9] | 1 |
| Transaero | Moscow-Domededovo | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat | 2 |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil [begins 25 September] | 1 |
| Yemenia | Riyan, Sana'a | 2 |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines |
Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cargoitalia | Milan (Starts September 2009) |
| Cargolux | Luxembourg |
| China Airlines Cargo | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Etihad Crystal Cargo | Addis Ababa, Bangalore, Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Frankfurt-Hahn, Karachi, Khartoum, Kolkata, Lagos, Milan, Mumbai, Ostend, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Sialkot |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt-Hahn |
| Martinair Cargo | Amsterdam |
| Maximus Air Cargo | |
| Turkmenistan Airlines Cargo | Ashgabat |
[edit] Ground transportation
Etihad Airways provides bus coaches between Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airport for Etihad customers.[10]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ http://www.abudhabiairport.ae/news/news20090118.asp
- ^ www.azworldairports.com - Traffic statistics for 2001 & 2002
- ^ "Abu Dhabi International Airport". Abu Dhabi International Airport. 2009. http://www.abudhabiairport.ae/theairport/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- ^ "Airport Star Ranking - 3 Star Airports". Skytrax. 2007. http://www.airlinequality.com/AirportRanking/3-Star.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- ^ http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/promotion.jsp?reference=rr056
- ^ http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=141370
- ^ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2009/July/business_July736.xml§ion=business&col=
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Chicago-to-Become-Etihads-bw-14223483.html
- ^ http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090804/BUSINESS/708049942/-1/NEWS
- ^ Dubai." Retrieved on 6 February 2009.
[edit] External links
- Abu Dhabi International Airport Official website
- Airport information for OMAA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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Abu Dhabi Airport registers strong passenger growth
Abu Dhabi, Aug 22 : Abu Dhabi International Airport has recorded strong growth in number of passengers despite the economic downturn, WAM news agency reported Saturday.
India remained the largest market and the primary driver of traffic growth with an 18.9 percent increase in passengers, whilst Pakistan retained its second place.
The substantial increase in traffic can be attributed to the start of school holidays as well as the growing range of choice available to passengers at Abu Dhabi International Airport, with new routes launched by Etihad Airways to destinations including Athens, Larnaca and Istanbul.
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Abu
Dhabi
Airports
Company
(ADAC)
is a
public
joint-stock
company
incorporated
by
Emiri
Decree
number
5,
of
March
4,
2006,
to
spearhead
the
development
of
the
Emirate's
aviation
industry.
ADAC Mandate
ADAC's creation was in tandem with an ambitious restructuring initiative launched by the Government of Abu Dhabi, aimed at delivering better government services to support the Emirate's long-term strategy to transform into a centre for business and tourism. |
