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2/21/24, 10:51 AM PRESSR: Middle East airports expanding in a fast-forward mode to handle zooming passenger numbers — TradingView News
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 US$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 US$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 US$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
US$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.

Egypt is working at expanding and bettering aviation facilities keeping in view

the plans to receive up to 30 million visitors by 2028. The UAE’s aviation is set

to witness growth as the UAE Tourism Strategy aims to host 40 million visitors by

2031. The first phase of Navi Mumbai International Airport is expected to be

completed by December 2024. By 2032, Navi Mumbai Airport would also have

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