<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ivor&mel @ Apr 6 2006, 04:38 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Hope you will let us know how to pass 15 hours at Doha without going insane [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
Ivor and Mel
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The latest I've heard is that there will be a new terminal opening next year (or at least part of it) - a look at Airline Quality shows the current terminal is way past its sell by date, but they are frantically adding bits to it. Heres the full press release from Doha Airport http://www.dohaairport.com/0.4.0.0.1.0.htm
In 2003 Doha International Airport and the Government of the State of Qatar announced a masterplan for a new $2 billion Doha International Airport to be built to the east of the current airport. The following year construction began on the new state-of-the art Airport. When completed, it will have two parallel runways and an estimated capacity to handle and process nearly 12 million passengers every year. The terminal will have 24 contact gates in the first phase and will accommodate up to six A380-800 Super Jumbos when fully developed. The complex will also include three high-star classification hotels for the convenience of visitors.
Until the new airport is opened, the existing airport will be significantly upgraded to handle the increase in passenger growth.
When the new airport does open, it will position Qatar as a leading regional aviation hub. The 2,200-hectare airport site will be developed in three phases, with work on phase one begun in 2004 and final completion of the ultimate development scheduled for 2015.
©2004 Doha Airport
I can see it rivalling Dubai and other Middle East countries as a hub for Qatar, even more so once the A380s start service.
