Overall, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman—plan to spend an estimated $90 billion for airport development in the next few years as the region aims to become a major global aviation hub.
Oman, Egypt Lead Middle Eastern Push To Upgrade Airports
Oman's planned new airport terminal at Salalah is expected to accommodate one million passengers by 2014.
Courtesy Larsen Architects and Copenhagen Airports
Nations across the Middle East plan airport upgrades.
Map by ENR Art Dept.
Oman�s Bahwan Engineering Co. LLC has been awarded a $1.8-billion contract to build a 360,000-square-meter passenger terminal complex at Muscat International Airport in Oman.
Courtesy Bahwan Engineering Co.
In Egypt, Limak-GMR Joint Venture Group won a contract in April to renovate and enlarge Terminal 2 of Cairo International Airport, a project being funded by the World Bank.
Courtesy of Engineering Consultants Group S.A.
The Cairo International Airport expansion project will double passenger capacity � to 7.5 million per year � and will enable the airport to serve Airbus 380 planes, which carry up to 525 people.
Courtesy of Engineering Consultants Group S.A.
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