Abu Dhabi International Airport could handle as many as 40 million passengers by 2030.
“The projects will be completed in phases. In the immediate future, the air traffic control tower work will be completed in 2011, with the midfield terminal complex phase 1 also finished in the next few years,” a spokeswoman for Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), reports Gulf News.
She added the completion of phase one will increase the airport’s passenger numbers from 12 million to 20 million, with further developments expanding capacity to some 40 million by 2030.
Those taking cheap flights to Dubai but staying in Abu Dhabi could take advantage of free shuttle buses between the two cities.
Recent figures from ADAC showed an 11.7 per cent increase in passenger traffic levels during the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2009.
Written by Erin Marshall.
