Kuwait breaks ground on new airport
Kuwait has begun heavy construction work on its new airport, designed to ease serious overcrowding problems. The existing Kuwait International Airport has an annual design capacity of 6m passengers, but last year handled 12m. The new airport will have an initial capacity of 25m passengers and will be able to be scaled up to handle double that number as traffic increases. Airlines using the existing airport are already taking measures to try to ease the burden until the new site opens. The new terminal, which costs US$4.b, will initially have 51 gates and stands and will be able to serve up to 21 Airbus A380s simultaneously. <br/>
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Kuwait breaks ground on new airport
Kuwait has begun heavy construction work on its new airport, designed to ease serious overcrowding problems. The existing Kuwait International Airport has an annual design capacity of 6m passengers, but last year handled 12m. The new airport will have an initial capacity of 25m passengers and will be able to be scaled up to handle double that number as traffic increases. Airlines using the existing airport are already taking measures to try to ease the burden until the new site opens. The new terminal, which costs US$4.b, will initially have 51 gates and stands and will be able to serve up to 21 Airbus A380s simultaneously. <br/>
