BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLANS ELABORATE EXPANSION
March 1st, 2010
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE ISLAND Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has embarked on a US$4.7 billion (Euro 3.45 billion) expansion of its one and only commercial airport, the Bahrain International Airport (BIA), to handle rising passenger traffic and regain its position as an aviation hub in the region.
"This is essential infrastructure for Bahrain because we have now exceeded the capacity of the existing terminal building," said the CEO of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Osama Al Ali. "The BIA is capable of handling seven million [passengers] yet in 2008 we had a ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.