Airports in Qatar - Doha International Airport, New Doha International Airport, Al Udeid Air Base, List of Airports in Qatar (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Doha International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The present Doha International Airport is set to open a new Arrival Terminal located in the western apron in the site of the former Asian Games temporary terminal. The terminal will have a capacity of handling 2770 passengers per hour and is slated to open in October 2010. The 18000 square meter arrival terminal will replace the arrival hall of the present Doha Airport terminal.The terminal will have 8 baggage handling belts, as well as 746 parking spaces. The current arrival hall will be merged with the departing hall, adding extra valuable space and capacity to the airport. These changes are part of the multi-million dollar expansion of Doha Airport to cope with the increasing traffic of Qatar Airways and other airlines before the new Doha International Airport opens in 2011. A new special terminal will be opened for travelers to the United States. This is to test a new security procedure for travelers to the United States. Since 1998, the number of passengers and total cargo load has significantly increased. In 2007, it was listed as the 95th busiest airport in the world and handled over 14 million passengers. It also had the highest percentage of growth at 22.1%. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=874889