Work on the Dh10.8-billion ($2.93 billion) mega airport expansion project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is progressing well and is on track for opening in July 2017, said a report.
 
The Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) project will be 65 per cent complete by the end of the year, reported the Emirati news agency Wam citing a senior official of the Abu Dhabi Airport.

Almost 40 per cent of the steel structure has been completed and all the glazing will be finished by the end of May or early June, stated Ali Majed Al Mansouri, Abu Dhabi International Airport chairman.

The Abu Dhabi Airports, the manager and operator of airports in the emirate, has hired the Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) team that will assess the readiness of the terminal, stated the official.

Once operational, it will have a capacity of up to 40 million passengers a year and cater to Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways and the carriers it holds stakes in, the report added.