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Abu Dhabi International Airport

مطار أبوظبي الدولي
File:Abu-dhabi-airport-new-logo.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAbu Dhabi Airports Company
ServesAbu Dhabi
Hub for
Time zoneUAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00)
Elevation AMSL88 ft / 27 m
Websitewww.abudhabiairport.ae
Map
OMAA is located in United Arab Emirates
OMAA
OMAA
Location in the UAE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13R/31L 4,260 13,976 Asphalt
13L/31R 4,260 13,976 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers14.7 million
Economic impact (2012)$3.5 billion[1]
Social impact (2012)66.5 thousand[1]
Sources: UAE AIP [2]

Abu Dhabi International Airport (Arabic: مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) is an airport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It is one of the fastest growing airports in the world in passengers (+34% in Q1:2008), new airline operators, and infrastructure development. The airport is now undergoing a AED 25 billion (US$6.8 billion) expansion. As of January 2012, 53 airlines offered service to 85 destinations in 49 countries.

The airport, 16.5 nautical miles (30.6 km; 19.0 mi) southeast[2] of Abu Dhabi city, is the second largest in the UAE, serving over 12 million passengers in 2010. It has three operational passenger terminals—Terminal 1 (divided into Terminals 1A and 1B), Terminal 2, Terminal 3. Abu Dhabi International Airport is spread over an area of 60 square kilometres (15,000 acres). Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways, which is the United Arab Emirates' second largest air carrier after Emirates.

The new Terminal 3, a AED 1 billion (US$270 million) interim facility, was designed to allow for the airport's passenger growth before the planned opening of the new Midfield Terminal on July 17, 2017 at 7 AM. Used predominantly by Etihad Airways, the terminal boosted the airport's seven million passenger per year capacity to 12 million. It also added 10 new gates, two of which are Airbus A380 compatible.[3]

History

The duty-free area in Terminal 3

The Al Bateen Airport on Abu Dhabi Island previously served as Abu Dhabi's main airport and consisted of a single airstrip with minimal facilities. Prior to this, smaller aircraft would land on an unsealed runway located not too far from Al Bateen, and the passengers would be processed in a tiny makeshift building. Limited flights were operated from Al Bateen and included flights to other Middle Eastern cities and Mumbai International Airport (then known as Bombay International Airport). After many years of operations, the airport was shifted to the mainland in 1982. Bateen Airport is presently used as a dedicated business jet airport.

The new airport included a circular satellite terminal (with aerobridges) with a single connection to a semi-circular terminal.[4][5] This design allowed more aircraft to park simultaneously. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, substantial work was carried out on the satellite terminal, to cater for the increase in passenger numbers, including widening the passenger waiting areas and creating extra parking spots. The main terminal also underwent some external changes, especially on the outer facade. Additionally, Terminal 2 was created to relieve the pressure of the main terminal. Terminal 2, however, does not have aerobridges and uses buses to move passengers between aircraft and the terminal. Terminal 3, was constructed over the past five years and this is mainly used by Etihad.

During the early years of operation, there were no means of getting to the airport from the cities except for private vehicle or taxis. With the creation of Abu Dhabi's bus network, city-to-airport bus services were introduced.[6]

With the withdrawal of support for regional airline Gulf Air after nearly five decades, Etihad became the new airline to be based at the airport. It received full support from the UAE government and has come a long way since its inaugural flight in 2003. Previous Gulf Air CEO James Hogan also transferred to Etihad, bringing aviation industry knowledge and experience.

The airport celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2012.[7]

Expansion

Development work has started on a new passenger terminal, the main building and centerpiece of the new airport, to be between the two runways and known as the Midfield Terminal. Upon completion in 2017, the Midfield Terminal will increase the airport’s passenger capacity to more than 20 million per year, with options for this to double in capacity to 40 million.[8] An additional facility is under consideration that would take the capacity to 50 million.

The expansion master plan projects include a third 4,260 m (13,976 ft) parallel runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) from the existing runways, a new 110 m (360 ft) tower between the two runways with the new Air Traffic Control centre, enhanced cargo and maintenance facilities, and other commercial developments on the land immediately adjacent to and north of the airport.

The project will provide a home base for the UAE's national carrier, Etihad Airways, which will be a major user of new cargo facilities with an ultimate handling capacity of around two million tonnes of freight a year. Close to the new cargo facilities, land has been allocated for commercial activities, business parks, and property developments. Aircraft maintenance facilities will continue to be concentrated on the south side of the existing airport. The plan sets aside land for the growth of other operators such as Royal Jet and Abu Dhabi Aviation.

Among other aspects of the project, when completed, are the design of remote aircraft stands complete with airfield ground lighting and hydrant fuel.

The general exterior of the terminal resembles that of the new terminal being built at Mumbai Airport because it was designed by the same architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

File:Abu Dhabi International Airport.jpg
The central hall of the donnut shaped Terminal 1 at Abu Dhabi International Airport

City terminal

A check-in facility exists in downtown Abu Dhabi, for travelers who want to check in before they fly. This facility, known as the City Terminal, resembles an airport and has cafe and transport facilities. On reaching the airport, travelers only need to go through customs and immigration.

Pre-clearance

In December 2011, the government of Abu Dhabi signed a letter of intent to build a United States border preclearance facility similar to pre-clearance customs facilities in Canada, Australia, the Bahamas, and Ireland.[9]

Etihad operated its first flight to the U.S. from the facility January 25, 2014.[10][11]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Duty Free in Terminal 1
Terminal 1 consists of 18 gates
Terminal 1
The departures area of Terminal 1
Air Seychelles Airbus A330-200 at AUH
The walkway connecting Terminal 1 and 3 together at Abu Dhabi Airport
Immigration at Abu Dhabi Airport
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aegean AirlinesAthens1
Air AstanaAlmaty, Astana1
Air BerlinBerlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Phuket (ends 25 October 2014),[12] Stuttgart (begins 1 December 2014)[13] 1
Air IndiaDelhi, Mumbai2
Air India ExpressKochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram2
Air SerbiaBelgrade3
Air SeychellesHong Kong, Mahė, Paris-Charles de Gaulle[14] 3
airBalticRiga1
airblueIslamabad, Lahore, Peshawar1
AlitaliaRome-Fiumicino1
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet2
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow, Muscat1
EgyptAirCairo1
Etihad AirwaysAhmedabad, Algiers (begins 17 June 2015),[15] Almaty, Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Astana, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Basra, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Brisbane, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Chengdu, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Colombo, Dallas/Fort Worth (begins 3 December 2014),[16] Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh (begins 8 June 2015),[17] Erbil, Frankfurt, Geneva, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong (begins 15 June 2015),[18] Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jaipur,[19] Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kochi, Kolkata (begins 15 February 2015),[20] Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid (begins 29 March 2015),[21] Mahé, Malé, Manchester, Manila, Medina, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk-National, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nagoya-Centrair, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Phuket (begins 26 October 2014),[22] Peshawar, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino,[23] Sana'a, San Francisco (begins 18 November 2014),[24] São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvananthapuram, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Tripoli, Washington-Dulles, Yerevan,[25] Zurich1, 3
FlynasJeddah, Medina2
Gulf AirBahrain1
Jet AirwaysBangalore, Chennai, Dammam, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kuwait, Mumbai, New York-JFK1
Kish AirKish Island2
KLMAmsterdam, Bahrain1
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait1
LufthansaFrankfurt, Muscat1
Middle East AirlinesBeirut1
NikiVienna (begins 24 November 2014)[13]1
Oman AirMuscat1
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan2
Philippine AirlinesManila1
Qatar AirwaysDoha1
Rotana JetAl Ain, Colombo, Fujairah, Hambantota 2
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia1
SaudiaJeddah, Riyadh1
Shaheen Air InternationalIslamabad, Lahore, Peshawar1
SriLankan AirlinesColombo1
Sudan AirwaysKhartoum1
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk1
Turkmenistan AirlinesAshgabat2
Virgin AustraliaKuala Lumpur2, Sydney3
YemeniaAden, Sana'a1

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
CargoluxLuxembourg
China Airlines CargoAmsterdam, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt, Ho Chi Minh City, Luxembourg, Prague, Taipei-Taoyuan
Etihad CargoAddis Ababa, Almaty, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Beijing-Capital, Benghazi, Campinas,[26] Chicago,[26] Chittagong, Chennai, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Djibouti, Doha-Hamad, Dubai-Al Maktoum, Eldoret, Erbil, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Houston,[27] Johannesburg, Kabul, Khartoum, Kuwait, Lagos, Lucknow (Starts 1st December 2014), Milan-Malpensa, Miami,[26] Mumbai, Nairobi, N'Djamena, Quito,[26] Shanghai-Pudong, Sharjah, Singapore, Tbilisi, Vienna[28][29]
Martinair Cargo1Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Doha-Hamad, Hong Kong, Muscat, Mumbai, Sharjah, Singapore

1 Martinair Cargo uses KLM Cargo aircraft on these routes 2 Virgin Australia operate one service weekly with a Virgin Australia product for Etihad Airways

Ground transportation

Etihad Airways provides buses between Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airport for their customers, as well as a coach service to Al Ain.[30] A city bus also connects the airport to Abu Dhabi city centre.[31]

Runways

Abu Dhabi International Airport has two parallel runways, 13R/31L and 13L/31R. Both are 4,260 m × 60 m (13,976 ft × 197 ft).[32]

Competition

The rapid growth of Etihad Airways, Emirates, and Qatar Airways has pressed for major expansion in airports of the region. In the UAE alone, Abu Dhabi International Airport must compete with Dubai International Airport, about an hour and a half away by road, which is the busiest airport in the UAE. Based out of Dubai International is Etihad's main competitor, Emirates Airline, which is the largest airline in the Middle East and North Africa and one of the largest in the world. Although this proximity could mean doubtful prospects for Abu Dhabi International Airport, this is unlikely due to the healthy nature of competition between all three airlines.

File:Air Berlin A330 in Abu Dhabi Airport.jpg
Air Berlin A330 in Abu Dhabi Airport

Additionally, an hour's flight away is Doha International Airport, home of Qatar Airways, which is the fastest growing full service airline in Asia, and one of the fastest growing in the world. Competition on both sides bodes well for Abu Dhabi's airport and its allure to other airlines, as the two other airlines successfully operate out of other airports.[how?] Abu Dhabi International Airport, combined with Dubai and Doha, make for a formidable tri-hub for global air passenger and cargo traffic, which may be boosted by the completion of Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central around 2028. Within five to six years, the three airports, will have a greater carrying capacity than Charles de Gaulle, Heathrow, and Frankfurt combined.

Accolades

References

  1. ^ a b "Abu Dhabi International airport - Economic and social impact". Ecquants. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Google map view of Abu Dhabi International Airport
  3. ^ "Abu Dhabi International Airport". Abu Dhabi International Airport. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  4. ^ Al Bateen Executive Airport
  5. ^ Picture of the Airbus A330-223 aircraft
  6. ^ Bus Transportation
  7. ^ Three decades of success
  8. ^ Midfield Terminal Complex Development | About Abu Dhabi International Airport | Airport Information | Abu Dhabi International Airport
  9. ^ "U.S. Security Expands Presence at Foreign Airports". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  10. ^ "US pilots slam Abu Dhabi airport facility move". Trade Arabia. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  11. ^ Caline Malek (January 25, 2014). "First flight departs to US using Customs checkpoint in Abu Dhabi". The National. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  12. ^ http://www.airliners.de/air-berlin-tritt-letzte-thailand-route-an-etihad-airways-ab/31622
  13. ^ a b "airberlin / NIKI Adds New Abu Dhabi Service from late-Nov 2014". Airline Route. 2 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Air Seychelles Paris flights now on sale". Air Seychelles. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Etihad Airways expands African network". Etihad Airways. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  16. ^ Etihad Airways to launch Dallas/Fort Worth service from Abu Dhabi next December
  17. ^ "Etihad Airways to start daily Edinburgh flights in 2015" (Press release). Etihad Airways. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Etihad Airways to launch flights between Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong" (Press release). Etihad Airways. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  19. ^ Etihad Airways to fly to Jaipur
  20. ^ "Etihad Airways expands India operations" (Press release). Etihad Airways. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  21. ^ "Etihad Airways enters Spanish market" (Press release). Etihad Airways. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  22. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2014/02/25/eyab-hkt-w14/
  23. ^ http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upi20131216-180542-6269
  24. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2014/07/14/ey-auhsfo-w14/
  25. ^ http://news.am/eng/news/185590.html
  26. ^ a b c d round the world service listing Chicago, Miami, Campinas and Quito, these do not appear in Etihad Cargo schedules
  27. ^ Etihad Cargo freighter deployment map listing Houston, this does not appear in their schedules
  28. ^ Timetable | Etihad Cargo
  29. ^ Etihad Cargo schedule
  30. ^ "Dubai. Retrieved on 6 February 2009.
  31. ^ Welcome To Abu Dhabi International Airport
  32. ^ United Arab Emirates AIP (login required)
  33. ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport in Middle East" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
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