Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport (AUH) has restarted operations at its Terminal 2 amid an uptick in passenger quantity as a result of easing of Covid-19-related restrictions.
At the moment, 5 airways are operating from the terminal, with greater than 50 flights per week.
This takes the full variety of carriers working throughout all of the airport’s terminals to 26.
Plans are underway to additional increase the terminal’s capability by including 21 weekly flights this month.
The airport operator acknowledged: “Retail and duty-free companies are additionally being reintroduced, providing passengers a full vary of selection earlier than their flight.”
Within the first three months of the yr, AUH’s passenger site visitors elevated to 2.56 million, in contrast with 807,310 in Q1 2021, resulting in the introduction of recent routes and frequencies.
Flight actions surged 39%, from 16,351 to 22,689, throughout the interval.
The AUH operator, Abu Dhabi Airports, mentioned that the expansion was pushed by the elimination of necessary PCR testing for travellers visiting Abu Dhabi.
The operator additionally attributed the expansion to the reopening of borders in Australia and Singapore, together with the lifting of journey bans to and from India.
The airport presently offers flights to 99 locations on 26 airways, versus 81 locations on 18 airways in Q1 2021.
In the meantime, final July, the AUH operator cancelled a contract value roughly $3bn for the development of the brand new Midfield Terminal Constructing.
Initially deliberate to open in 2017, the brand new terminal goals to help the expansion of the UAE’s flag provider Etihad Airways.
Final June, a 3MW solar-powered automotive park was constructed at AUH with the intention of serving to the airport save round 5,300t of CO₂ a yr.