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The Hamad International Airport, which was known prior to its renaming as New Doha International Airport, is an in early construction of international commercial airport in Doha, the Qatari capital.
Background
Since the current Doha International Airport is reaching its capacity limits, was started back in 2006 about five kilometers east of the present airport with the construction of the New Doha International Airport, which will be operational in 2014. The opening was scheduled for 1 April 2013. The planned official opening date should be the national holiday on December 18, 2012 originally. However, the commissioning was postponed for the fourth time shortly before the opening ceremony - this time indefinitely.
According to current planning, the airport is taken from April 1, 2014 in stages. The first flight lines will be Air Arabia, Air India Express, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, flydubai, Iran Air, Nepal Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, RAK Airways, Syrian Arab Airlines, and Yemenia. Initially, only a start and runway and a terminal area (Concourse B ) is operated. Airlines offer their passengers a lounge, stay up to their completion at the old airport.
Construction work
Present, therefore, arises at a cost of 11 billion U.S. dollars on a bulk cargo area of 8.9 square kilometers, a new airport with two long Airbus A380 -compatible start and runways. In its first stage from 2014, 12 million passengers can already be additionally released for the old airport. In the third stage of development after 2020, the new airport will then have 80 docking bays and 11 remote stands that could smuggle through up to 50 million passengers / year. Realistically you expectations are for a maximum of 48 million passengers; Also, this figure exceeds any private use of the small country. However, the state-owned Qatar Airways the world's fastest growing international air line. Herewith Doha recognized at the same time then expanded international airport Dubai World Central International compete for the transit passengers.
Special
The airport was designed by architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata cash tree. As the planned by the same company Hong Kong International Airport, he has a Y-shaped airport terminal between two parallel start and runways. The airport is built on an artificial peninsula extended and is served by both sides of the sea, which reduces noise pollution for the city of Doha.
The new airport can also be reached via the sea. An approximately 1.2-kilometer lagoon port is provided for smaller ferries, taxis and private boats from the pier to the terminal, there are only short distances.