Midfield Terminal Opening Rescheduled to 2019
Abu Dhabi Airports’ new Midfield Terminal opening postponed to 2019
- The opening of Abu Dhabi Airports’ new Midfield Terminal has been pushed back by two years to 2019
- The expansion of its main airport, Abu Dhabi International, had already been delayed by around five months until December 2017
- Sources close to the project said that there were complexities relating to the design and execution of the roof that were causing the initial delay
- Abu Dhabi is investing billions in tourism, infrastructure and industry in an attempt to diversify its economy away from oil
- Abu Dhabi International Airport is expected to have passenger capacity of 45 million per year when the Midfield Terminal opens
- The Midfield Terminal plans to accommodate up to 30 million passengers a year when it opens
- The 700000 sqm Midfield Terminal has a curved roof that appears to float across 18 steel arches and can be viewed from 1.5 km away
- The construction of the Midfield Terminal is being handled by a consortium of Turkey’s TAV Insaat, Athens’s Consolidated Contractors Company and Dubai’s Arabtec
- The USD 2.94-billion Midfield Terminal was originally scheduled to open in September 2017
