Hamad International Airport
Hamad International Airport .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} مطار حمد الدولي Maṭār Ḥamad al-Duwalī | |||||||||||||||
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| Owner | Qatar Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Qatar Airways | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Doha, Qatar | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Doha, Qatar | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 April 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 4 m / 13 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°16′23″N 51°36′29″E / 25.27306°N 51.60806°E / 25.27306; 51.60806Coordinates: 25°16′23″N 51°36′29″E / 25.27306°N 51.60806°E / 25.27306; 51.60806 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | dohahamadairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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15.8%Hamad International Airport (IATA: DOH, ICAO: OTHH) (Arabic: مطار حمد الدولي, Maṭār Ḥamad al-Duwalī) is the international airport of Doha, the capital city of Qatar. It replaced the former Doha International Airport as Qatar's principal airport.
Formerly known as New Doha International Airport (NDIA), Hamad International Airport was originally scheduled to open in 2009, but after a series of costly delays, the airport finally opened on 30 April 2014 with a ceremonial Qatar Airways flight landing from nearby Doha International. National carrier Qatar Airways and all other carriers formally relocated to the new airport on 27 May 2014.[2]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Planning and construction
1.2 Opening
2 Facilities
2.1 Terminal 1
2.1.1 Lamp Bear
2.2 Planned Terminal 2
2.3 Runways
3 Airlines and destinations
3.1 Passenger
3.2 Cargo
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
Planning and construction
Planning took place in 2003 and construction began in 2005. The airport (terminal and runway) has been built 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the older Doha International Airport. It is spread over an area of 2,200 hectares (5,500 acres), and was set to initially serve airlines that will not utilize lounge access.
Hamad International Airport was designed to cater for a projected ongoing increase in the volume of traffic. The airport has an initial annual capacity of 29 million passengers, three times the current volume. Upon completion, it will be able to handle 50 million passengers per year, although some estimates suggest the airport could handle up to 93 million per year, making it the second largest airport in the region after Dubai.[3] It is also expected to handle 320,000 aircraft movements and 2 million tonnes of cargo annually. The check-in and retail areas are expected to be 12 times larger than those at the current airport. The airport will be two-thirds the size of Doha city.[4] The airport has an oasis theme. Many of the buildings have a water motif, with wave-styled roofs and desert plants growing in recycled water.[5] The airport is built over 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi), half of which is on reclaimed land.[6]
The Steering Committee awarded the contract for the development of the airport to Bechtel. The contract includes the design, construction management and project management of the facilities.[7] The terminal and concourses were designed by the architecture firm HOK. Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for Phase I and II were undertaken by Turkish TAV Construction and Japanese Taisei Corporation.
Opening
Cargo operations began from 1 December 2013, with an inaugural flight by Qatar Airways Cargo arriving from Europe.[8] The original soft launch on 2 April 2013 was cancelled just a few hours prior, and was postponed indefinitely due to unsatisfactory safety related issues that needed further reviewing taking nine months to address.[9] Hamad International Airport was then set to begin passenger operations in January 2014, with a soft opening.[10]
Qatar Airways threatened a $600 million lawsuit against the joint venture contractor Lindner Depa Interiors for delaying the opening of the airport by failing to complete its lounges on time; LDI stated that it was delayed due to inadequate site access. Qatar Airways later blamed Bechtel for the opening delay in April 2013, citing failures to meet regulatory requirements.[11]
Hamad International Airport finally began passenger operations on 30 April 2014, with ten initial airlines operating.[12] Qatar Airways and remaining airlines started operations to Hamad Airport on 27 May 2014 at 09:00 (Qatar time).
An expansion plan announced in September 2015 called for an extension of the check-in area, an expansion of concourses D and E into a 1.3 km long concourse, a new passenger amenity area in the D/E complex with lounges, shops and restaurants.[13][14] As part of this expansion plan, the Doha Metro will be extended to the airport. It is scheduled to open in time for the 2022 World Cup.[15].
In 2016, the airport was named the 50th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, serving 37,283,987 passengers, a 20.2% increase from 2015.
Facilities
Interior of Concourse C
The Lamp Bear statue
Qatar Airways aircraft on the apron
Terminal 1
Concourse A has 10 passenger gates connected to jet bridges and is located west of the check-in area and Main Terminal. Two of the gates are designed to accommodate the Airbus A380.
Concourse B has 10 passenger gates connected to jet bridges and is located east of the check-in area. It has opened on April 30, 2014 with 10 airlines transferring operations over from Doha International Airport. Two of the gates are built to accommodate the Airbus A380. There is a small coffee shop located at the end of Concourse B, as well as smoking rooms, family areas, and an express duty-free store.
Concourse C has 13 passenger gates connected to jet bridges, two of them built specifically for the Airbus A380. There are 10 remote gates without a fixed jet bridge link connected to Concourse C. This Concourse has opened on 27 May 2014.
Concourse D Is fully operational. Gates 1–4 are on the first floor and Gates 18–24 on the ground floor.
Concourse E Is fully operational. Gates 1–4 are on the first floor and Gates 18–24 on the ground floor.
Concourses D and E are due to be extended with a possible Concourse F although plans are still to be finalised.[13] Terminal 1 features First and Business Class lounges which were opened by Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker on 20 June 2014.
Lamp Bear
The most prominent figure inside the airport is a giant bronze statue of a teddy bear with its head in a lamp. The untitled sculpture, often known as "Lamp Bear", is one of three creations by Swiss artist Urs Fischer and is on display at the grand foyer of the airport's duty-free shopping hall. Standing at seven meters tall and weighing approximately 18-20 tons, the statue was previously displayed at the Seagram Building's plaza in New York City before being purchased by a member of the Qatari royal family at a Christie's auction for US$6.8 million.[16][17]
In 2018 the airport added a new sculpture in their terminal, called Small Lie by American artist Kaws which was a donation from the Qatar Museum.[18]
Planned Terminal 2
Qatar plans to build a second terminal only if the present passenger growth outnumbers the projected figures. This appears to be more certain because some articles say that terminal two is a confirmed project due to the anticipated passenger load from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[19]
Runways
The airport has two parallel runways, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from each other, which are designed for simultaneous take-offs and landings. The first is 4,850 m × 60 m (15,910 ft × 200 ft) and is considered to be the longest runway in Western Asia, and also one of the longest runways in the world. The second runway is 4,250 m × 60 m (13,940 ft × 200 ft).[20]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air India Express | Kannur,[21]Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet |
| British Airways | London–Heathrow[22] |
| Cham Wings Airlines | Damascus |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Himalaya Airlines | Kathmandu |
| IndiGo | Ahmedabad,[23]Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad,[24]Kannur (begins 15 March 2019),[25]Kochi,[24]Kozhikode, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Iran Air | Lar, Shiraz |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait City[26] |
| Jet Airways | Delhi, Mumbai |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait City |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut |
| Nepal Airlines | Kathmandu |
| Oman Air | Muscat |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Peshawar, Islamabad |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila |
| Qatar Airways | Adana,[27]Addis Ababa, Adelaide, Ahmedabad, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia, Amritsar, Amsterdam, Ankara, Athens, Atlanta, Auckland, Baghdad, Baku, Bengaluru, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Basra, Beijing–Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin–Tegel, Birmingham, Boston, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Canberra,[28]Cape Town, Cardiff,[29]Casablanca, Chiang Mai,[30]Chengdu, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Chongqing, Clark, Colombo, Copenhagen, Dallas/Fort Worth, Da Nang,[31]Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Djibouti, Dublin, Durban, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Faisalabad, Frankfurt, Geneva, Goa, Gothenburg, Guangzhou, Hatay,[32]Hangzhou, Hanoi, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul–Atatürk, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Isfahan (begins 4 February 2019)[33], Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Johannesburg-OR Tambo, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kiev–Boryspil,[34]Kigali,[35]Kilimanjaro, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Krabi, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mahé, Malé, Malta (begins 4 June 2019),[36]Manchester, Manila, Maputo, Marrakech, Mashhad, Melbourne, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Mombasa,[37]Montréal–Trudeau, Moscow–Domodedovo,[38]Multan, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Najaf, New York–JFK, Nagpur, Nice, Oslo–Gardermoen, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Penang,[39]Perth, Peshawar, Philadelphia, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Pisa, Prague,[40], Rome–Fiumicino, Salalah, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sarajevo, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shiraz, Sialkot, Singapore, Skopje, Sofia, Sohar, Stockholm–Arlanda, St Petersburg,[41]Sulaymaniah, Sydney, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Thessaloniki, Thiruvananthapuram, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Tunis, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako, Yangon, Yerevan, Zanzibar, Zagreb, Zürich Seasonal: Antalya,[42]Bodrum,[42]Málaga,[42]Mykonos[43] |
| Regent Airways | Chittagong, Dhaka[44] |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia |
| SalamAir | Muscat[45] |
| SriLankan Airlines | Colombo |
| Syrian Air | Damascus |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul–Atatürk (ends 2 March 2019), Istanbul (begins 3 March 2019), Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[46] |
| US-Bangla Airlines | Chittagong, Dhaka[47] |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cargolux[48] | Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Hanoi |
Iran Air Cargo | Shiraz, Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
Lufthansa Cargo[49] | Frankfurt |
MNG Airlines | Istanbul–Atatürk, Tekirdağ |
Qatar Airways Cargo[50] | Accra, Ahmedabad, Almaty,[51]Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Bangalore, Beirut, Basel/Mulhouse, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza,[52]Campinas, Casablanca, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi, Dhaka, Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Halifax, Hanoi, Helsinki,[53]Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Istanbul–Atatürk, Johannesburg-OR Tambo, Karachi, Khartoum, Kochi, Kolkata, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lahore, Liege, Lima, London–Heathrow,[54]Los Angeles, Luxembourg City, Lima, Macau,[55]Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, New York–JFK, Oslo–Gardermoen, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pittsburgh, Prague, Quito, São Paulo–Guarulhos,[52]Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Sialkot, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Yangon,[56]Zaragoza |
Turkish Airlines Cargo[57] | Istanbul–Atatürk |
See also
- Transport in Qatar
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