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new one will be capable of handling 13 million by the time the first
phase of the development is completed in 2028. The expansion will
include the construction of passenger jetways, self-service facilities for
passenger check-in and baggage handling, and high-capacity parking
facilities.

Saudi Arabia is building in Riyadh one of the world’s largest airports
which will have six parallel runways. The airport will help drive annual
passenger traffic to 120 million by 2030 and 185 million by 2050.

Airports in Oman are expected to witness 40 million passengers by
2030. The Sultanate currently attracts 18 million passengers. The
country currently can handle around 24 million passengers. Officials
opened new airports in Muscat and Duqm in 2019 in addition to two
new air cargo terminals. Musandam Airport is being constructed for
$250 million and is expected to be ready by Q4 2026. The work
includes the construction of two runways and a passenger terminal
with a capacity of 250,000 passengers per year.

Lebanon has on anvil plans to construct a $122 million terminal at
Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport to be completed in four years.
The new terminal will help it handle 3.5 million passengers annually
when operations are planned to begin in 2027. The airport currently
handles 8 million passengers a year, and the plans are to reach 20
million in 2030.

Bahrain is exploring plans to have a second airport by 2034. It has
undergone expansion as part of the $13 billion investment into its
tourism industry. The new passenger terminal building at Bahrain
International Airport doubled its capacity. The new greenfield airport
will eventually replace the existing Bahrain International Airport (BIA)

due to the inadequacy of its current infrastructure in meeting the
kingdom's growing airport needs.

Kuwait has plans to expand its airport terminal capacity from six million
passengers per year to 20 million by 2030 and turn Kuwait
International Airport into a major passenger and cargo hub. The new
passenger terminal (T2) was one of the projects aimed at modernizing
its infrastructure to serve Vision 2035. The $4.36 billion Kuwait
Airport’s Passenger Terminal-2 expansion will boost its annual
passenger handling capacity to 13 million passengers per year by
2025.

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