What is Abu Dhabi International Airport?

Abu Dhabi International Airport مطار أبوظبي الدول?
IATA: AUH – ICAO: OMAA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Abu Dhabi Airport Services
Serves		Abu Dhabi
Elevation AMSL		27 m / 88 ft
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
13/31			Asphalt

Abu Dhabi International Airport (Arabic: مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) is an airport located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The airport is an important hub for Etihad Airways

It is has a three star rating from Skytrax.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

• Aero Asia International (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar)
• Air India (Chennai, Delhi, Muscat)
• Air India Express (Bangalore, Muscat, Kozhikode, Kochi, Trivandrum)
• Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Chittagong, Dhaka)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow, Muscat)
• China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• Etihad Airways (Algiers [begins 2008], Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing [begins summer 2008], Beirut, Brisbane, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Riyadh, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Toronto-Pearson)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)
• Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
• GMG Airlines (Dhaka) [begins November 2007]
• Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
• Iran Aseman Airlines (Lar)
• KLM (Amsterdam, Bahrain)
• Kuwait Airways (Kuwait, Muscat)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• Martinair (Amsterdam)
• Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
• Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Medinah, Riyadh)
• Shaheen Air International (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar)
• Singapore Airlines (Jeddah, Singapore)
• SriLankan Airlines (Bahrain, Colombo, Doha)
• Sudan Airways (Khartoum)
• Syrian Arab Airlines (Aleppo, Damascus)
• TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni)
• Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
• Turkmenistan Airlines (Ashgabat)
• Yemenia (Riyan, Sanaa)

Cargo Airlines

• Air France Cargo
• Cargolux
• China Airlines Cargo
• Dolphin Air
• Etihad Airways Crystal Cargo
• Lufthansa Cargo
• Martinair Cargo
• Ocean Airlines
• PIA Cargo
• Turkmenistan Airlines

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

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Future

The Airport opened Terminal 2 in August 2005. The new terminal 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

Terminal 2 cost UAE Dirhams 21 billion (US $ 6.8 billion) and 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.

Ten airport terminal design consultants are being interviewed for the job of designing a major new midfield passenger terminal. From these ten four to five will be short-listed to enter a design competition for the new terminal complex. The expansion project will double the existing airport land area in Abu Dhabi to 34 km².

Another short list of consultants is being developed for the new 110 metre Air Traffic Control Tower. The design competition for this will begin shortly. The airport master plan involves 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. Etihad has identified air freight, in particular transit cargo, as one of its key growth areas. Other airlines serving Abu Dhabi International Airport will also benefit from the expansion. Close to the new cargo facilities land has been allocated for related commercial activities, including a free trade zone. 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.

Since appointing Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as the master planners in late November 2005, SCADIA has assembled a team of consultants - including planners, programme managers, aviation specialists, and designers - and contractors to deliver the master plan.

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

Notes and references

External links

• Abu Dhabi International Airport Official website
• World Aero Data airport information for OMAA