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Abu Dhabi had temporarily stopped its 2008 Midfield Terminal project The USD 3 billion project finally came to tender in 2011 and is now being built by a consortium consisting of the TAV the Greek Consolidated Contractors Company and the local Arabtec Construction The new terminal is planned with 65 gates that can also be used by the Mega Liner A380 The new terminal is designed to handle 20 million passengers annually The opening is set for 2017 This project is part of the expansion strategy of Etihad Airways the national airline of the Emirate The Abu Dhabi International Airport AUH recorded in 2012 an increase in passenger traffic by 19 to 14 7 million In 2013 an increase from 12 to 16 5 million is reported The capacity of the existing three terminals however is designed to a maximum of 12 5 million passengers only At present the Terminal 3 Etihad Terminal which was inaugurated in 2009 is being expanded for USD 50 million QaTar Passenger traffic is growing rapidly in Qatar Between 2009 and 2012 the number of passengers at Doha International Airport DOH grew by 61 to 21 2 million a growth of about 10 to 23 3 million passengers in 2013 DOH also experienced a 5 growth in overall cargo traffic in 2013 It reached to 0 9 million tons compared to 0 8 million in 2012 The new 15 5 billion USD airport in Doha Hamad International Airport which is built within sight of the existing airport is under construction since 2006 The US company Bechtel was awarded the contract for Engineering Project Management and Construction Management for the entire airport in 2004 Originally the project should have been completed in 2009 Finally an opening was scheduled for April 2013 but had to be cancelled a few hours before the inauguration due to defects in the fire protection system A German newspaper commented with malicious pleasure Others are not any better Now a soft opening is expected mid 2014 After completion of the soft opening phase probably in 2015 the airport will have a capacity of 24 million passengers Further plans are envisioned for a capacity expansion phases II and III to 50 million passengers and 2 million tons of freight within two or three years omaN Since the Sultanate of Oman is a territorial country almost the size of Germany it operates besides international flights a network of domestic airports At the two major international airports in the country Muscat and Salalah expansion projects worth USD 5 3 billion are currently being implemented In addition a program for enlarging the regional airports is being executed Sohar Duqm Adam Ras Al Hadd which should be completed by 2016 with a total investment of USD 1 2 billion In early 2013 there was a management change for the Muscat and Salalah expansion projects The team which was in charge of this project since 2005 the Danish Cowi and the local Larsen Architects Consulting Engineers was replaced by the US based Hill International The new project management contract is worth USD 109 million The US firm Aecom and the Lebanese Dar al Handash had also submitted their bids for the management contract The first expansion phase of the capital s airport will increase its passenger capacity to 12 million In the long run three more phases are planned in order to increase the capacity to 24 million then 36 million and finally 48 million passengers With the completion of the first phase which is expected at the end of 2015 Muscat will most likely have a reserve capacity The new runway and tower are scheduled to start their operation as early as 2014 Passenger traffic at Muscat had increased between 2008 and 2012 by over 90 to 7 5 million 8 3 million were recorded in 2013 In the coming years the growth rates are likely to slow The Salalah airport has a capacity of 1 million passengers The USD 764 million expansion work includes a new terminal and a new runway Completion date can be expected in 2015 Further expansion phases are possible up to a capacity of 6 million passengers if needed Salalah handled in 2013 about 0 75 million passengers compared to 0 63 million in 2012 Oman has many small airports spread all over the country mostly runways with simple service facilities some of which are extended or newly built In Sohar Ras Al Hadd and Ad Duqm each airport should have a capacity of 0 5 million passengers In these three projects two project phases for a total of USD 0 5 billion are already concluded In the planned third last phase passenger terminals will be built with a total worth of USD 0 8 billion As for the airport in Adam Region Ad Dakhiliyah a similar project as in Sohar etc is planned but the execution of the USD 100 million passenger terminal was temporarily shelved after the completion of the first two phases However the project has been resumed recently kUwaIT The slow progress in the implementation of the ten year long ongoing planning for the renovation expansion of the airport in Kuwait is an example of the fundamental difficulties of the country in executing large projects despite the abundance of money The need for an airport expansion has been obvious since a long time In the small and not very friendly departure halls is the model of a master plan from the year 2005 Since 2008 the passenger volume is above the capacity limit of 7 million about 9 4 million passengers were handled in 2013 estimate 2012 8 9 million In fall of 2011 the prestigious London architects company Forster Partners presented drafts of a new terminal Terminal 2 After completion of a first expansion phase of the Kuwait International Airport Terminal 1 and 2 will have a total capacity of 20 million passengers a 55 million capacity will be the long term goal Terminal 2 is designed according to the criteria of the U S Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design as LEED gold making it what would be the world s most environmentally friendly airport The completion date of the first phase is set for 2016 To date however the contract for the construction of the USD 3 5 billion Terminal 2 has not been awarded In spring 2012 the project owner the Ministry of Public Works had requested qualified companies to declare their interest in the project The response was great Nearly 30 companies were added to the list of the pre qualifiers including the Dubai based Habtoor Leighton Group in which Germany s Hochtief is a shareholder through its Australian subsidiary Leighton From November 2012 rumours were in circulation about the imminent publication of the tender documents The tender for the terminal was finally announced at the end of December 2013 Now the bid submission date is on April 22 2014 and the award is expected to be in fall 2014 The construction of a new runway for USD 350 million is still in the design phase Currently the 414 million USD new administrative headquarters of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA and an apron project USD 140 million are under construction The first phase of the new Cargo City USD 143 million was completed in 2013 n FOCUSFOCUS Robert Espey has been the representative of Germany Trade Invest GTAI for the Middle East Region since 2011 after postings in Syria Egypt Iran and USA Germany Trade Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany 8 ISSUE 12 MAJLIs