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been necessitated as its home base carriers ordered another 120 aircraft – 90 Boeing-

777s for Emirates and 30 Boeing-787s for flydubai.
Sharjah, home to the Arabian Gulf’s first airport, has started work on an AED1.2 billion
(US$327 million) terminal expansion that will increase the airport’s capacity to 20
million passengers a year. The expansion project will separate the arrivals from

departures areas and enhance its systems and amenities. It is the largest phase of
expansion work being undertaken at a total cost of AED2.4 billion and is expected to be
completed in 2027. Improvements will include additional self-check-in kiosks, electronic
boarding gates, a spacious waiting zone, dining facilities, and a transit passenger hotel.

Sharjah Airport, home of the MENA region’s largest LCC Air Arabia, added six new
passenger destinations and three air cargo routes in 2023. The airport handled about
13.1 million passengers in 2022 and will be able to handle up to 25 million passengers
by 2026.

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