Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: A consortium led by Abu Dhabi-based financial services company Invest AD announced the completion of the second phase of a project to rehabilitate, expand and operate Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman, Jordan.
The second phase of QAIA’s new terminal project adds over 43,000 square metres to the Airport’s total area, raising its annual passenger capacity to 12 million from 7 million passengers, with future plans to increase capacity even further to 16 million passengers per year.
The expansion cost amounted to $214 million, doubling the total number of gates in operation at QAIA to 25 from 13.
Two fixed link bridges were set up to accommodate the world’s largest airplane, the Airbus A380, the statement said.
The expansion added two new business lounges, two new duty-free areas and eight new prayer rooms, as well as larger monitors, additional charging stations and an upgraded Wi-Fi system. In addition, 10 travelators, 24 escalators and 18 lifts were included.
“This much-anticipated completion of QAIA’s second expansion phase is an extraordinary milestone, and a result of an ambitious vision and a successful partnership between the Group and the Jordanian Government, which has been chosen as one of the top 40 private-public partnerships in the world,” CEO of Invest AD, Faras Al Ramahi, said.
He added that the airport was chosen as the best airport in the region.
