Gallery: Exclusive look inside Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport new terminal
October 13, 2017
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A model in the media center shows the size of the new terminal. The master plan was inaugurated in 2005.
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On the way to the terminal. The building in front will become a high-speed railway station.
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Phase one of the new terminal offers a capacity of 30 million passengers; phase 2, 45 million by 2025; and phase 3, 80 million passengers by 2035.
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Arriving in front of the terminal.Total investment is around $7 billion.
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Details of the stylish entry doors to the departure hall.
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The terminal has a total floor area of more than 810,000 sq meters in phase 1.
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The terminal will have 220 check-in desks and 80 self-service kiosks.
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Signage to one of the check-in zones.
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The new facility allows home-based carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines to offer efficient and comfortable hub-transfer operations.
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A look to the future immigration departure site.
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Huge baggage carousels.
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The high-speed railway station is located opposite the terminal, a short walking distance. There will be six platforms.
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ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann onsite with Saudi Arabian Airlines external communications advisor Christine Sarkis and Mr. Makki.
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There will be 94 gates available for domestic and international operations. Forty-seven gates will have airbridges to the terminal building, four of which will serve code F aircraft, including Airbus A380s and Boeing 747-8Is.
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Inside view of an international departure gate area.
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Apron total area is 1.5 million square meters.
Jeddah Airport will open a new state-of-the-art terminal May 1, 2018. The new facility will, for the first time, give Saudi Arabian Airlines an ideal infrastructure to operate a hub; the carrier plans to revamp operations from October 2018 onward. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann is the first Western-hemisphere journalist to visit this terminal in Saudi Arabia.
