Expansion plans adds weight to Kuwait's airport development forum

The Kuwait Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCAis planning to spend billions of dollars on upgrading the infrastructure and facilities at existing airport and construct a new terminal, with the private sector and foreign investors expected to play an important role in its development.
The plan envisages expanding the Kuwait airport's capacity from present six million passengers per year to 13 million passengers per year by 2016, and to turn the airport into a major passenger and cargo hub.
The expansion will include a new terminal equipped with the latest technology, widen the runways, enhance the existing control tower and build a new control tower and to set up a new cargo facility.
Kuwait Airways has also announced it plans to buy up to 21 new aircraft over the next two years to replace its current old fleet.
KIADF is organized by Arabian Reach and takes place at the internAtional Fairground in Mishref on December 8-9. Today ground handling specialist National Aviation Services (NAS) was named as the diamond sponsor of the event.
“NAS believes that the KIADF is ‘the one’ promising platform to explore the growth opportunities in the State of Kuwait aviation scenario and its growth as modern global hub for aviation business. NAS, a world class aviation solution provider, approved by European Aviation Safety Agency by participating in the event, expects to reveal company’s specialized services and explore growth opportunities to partner in the projected expansion of Kuwait Airport,” the company said in a statement.