New Abu Dhabi airport terminal to open in November

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Abu Dhabi International Airport’s Terminal A is scheduled to start operations in early November 2023.

The facility, often called Midfield Terminal Building throughout its development part, covers 742,000 sq. metres of built-up space, and is among the many largest airport terminals on this planet.

It will accommodate as much as 45 million passengers per yr, course of 11,000 travellers per hour and function 79 plane at any given time.

“The opening of the facility, which is on par with the largest and grandest on our planet, turns over a new page in Abu Dhabi’s 55-year aviation history. A beacon of modernity and sophistication, it will be a pivotal driver for our emirate’s growth by spurring tourism and trade,” stated Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports.

.@ad_airports has introduced that @AUH’s Terminal A will start operations in November 2023. The terminal, known as Midfield Terminal throughout development, may have capability to serve 45m passengers per yr, and helps the sustainable development of Abu Dhabi’s aviation sector. pic.twitter.com/32kRNnBGDN

— مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@ADMediaOffice) August 31, 2023

Equipped with the most recent applied sciences, Terminal A boasts a spread of interconnected biometric programs that can present passengers a seamless, digitised journey from pre-travel to boarding gate, facilitated by self-service kiosks, streamlined safety checkpoints and state-of-the-art baggage dealing with programs.

The terminal can even function an array of facilities, together with lounges, rest zones and spa amenities, along with 163 retail and meals and beverage retailers.

The structure of Terminal A has received worldwide design awards and provides an architectural landmark to Abu Dhabi’s cityscape.

Blending trendy, light-weight aesthetics with performance, the constructing’s glass exterior maximises pure mild whereas making a civic house contained in the terminal.

A totally built-in photo voltaic photovoltaic system on Terminal A parking lot roof at the moment powers a three-megawatt (MW) photo voltaic photovoltaic (PV) plant, saving almost 5,300 tonnes of CO₂ yearly.