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Airport Show to highlight regional airport upgrades and expansions.

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y åãåì, the Middle East aviation market size is projected to reach the US$ææ.êã billion
Bmark. By åãç , the global passeng er traf†c will reach nearly åã billion.

Tha t year, ç percent of all passeng ers are projected to come from the international segment,
and ç percent by åãèå, according to the ACI World Airport Traf†c Forecasts. Air passenger
traf† in the Africa region is likely to reach åéä million in åãåè, and it will double by åãçã. The

global airports body says Africa’s ne eds exceed US$æå billion with the pace of needed new
green ld airport investment representing nearly çã percent of this.

Held und er the patrona ge of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of
Dub ai Civil Aviation Aut ho rity, Cha irman of Dubai Airports, Chairman and Chief Executive of
Emirates Airline and Group , the BåB platform, the largest in the Middle East, Africa, and South

Asia region, will facilitate global companies to showcase again cutting-edge technologies and
inno vations designe d to better airport operations and safety enhancement, improve
passeng er experienc es and sus tainability, and widen automation.

The annua l mul ti-event airport ind ustry platform is being supported among others by the
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Dub ai Civil Aviation Aut ho rity, Dub ai Airports, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, Emirates
Airline s, Dub ai Air Navigation Services, and dnata.

Lond on- based ana lytics company Global Data that tracks airport construction projects says çë
airport renovation, expans ion, and new projects were already underway in the Arabian Gulf
region, worth US$äëå.é billion.

Two massive airport development s are taking place in Dubai and Saudi Arabia that will boast
the airport capacities of a who pping åéã million passengers and äëè million passengers per
year, respectively. Dub ai ha s started constructing the world’s largest airport terminal, which
will cost US$æè billion, with ç ã gates and †ve parallel runways.

As it targets æãã million passeng ers by åãæã, Saudi Arabia is also constructing the US$èã-
billion mega hub in Riyadh, King Salman International Airport, which it also wants to ultimately

become the world’s largest airport for passenger capacity upon its completion in åãæã. These
two giant projects take up almost ëã percent of spending on airport development across the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Saudi Arabia leads the Middle East Airport construction
sector with US$ê.è billion in active projects as of åãåæ. Kuwait follows with US$ç.è billion in
active airport projects, with Iraq in third place.

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