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Article: Riyadh increases King Abdulaziz airport capacity to 80 million.(TRANSPORT: SAUDI ARABIA)(King Abdulaziz International Airport)(General Authority of Civil Aviation)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- November 30, 2007
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Saudi Arabia is set to unveil plans to make King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah the second-largest airport in the GCC by 2035.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) has finalised plans to expand the kingdom's largest airport in three phases, culminating in 2035. The site will ultimately have capacity for up to 80 million passengers a year, leaving it second only to Dubai's planned Al-Maktoum International Airport at Jebel Ali.
Preliminary designs have been put in place for three new X-shaped terminals, each formed from two crescent-shaped buildings placed back-to-back. The first phase of construction will raise capacity to 30 million ...