Bahrain breaks ground on major airport expansion
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His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of Bahrain’s airport.
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) took part in the ceremony which kick started work on the cutting-edge Bahrain International Airport expansion project.
Bahrain is planning to become a major aviation hub in the coming years hoped to be a catalyst for wider socio-economic development in the Kingdom.
The project is being funded from the AED9.19 billion (US $2.5 billion) grant provided by the UAE to Bahrain in 2013 as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) development programme for Bahrain.
Administered by ADFD, the grant aims to support development projects in the Kingdom over the 10 years. Of this grant, AED3.373 billion ($919 million) was allocated towards expanding Bahrain International Airport.
Bahrain International Airport aims to increase its capacity to 14 million passengers per year to meet the anticipated growth in the number of passengers transiting through the airport and to ensure the airport’s infrastructure can handle the next generation of modem fleets which are coming on stream.
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