MIAMI – Bahrain International Airport (BAH) announced the successful grand opening of its brand new Passenger Terminal Building on January 28. The new terminal spans 210,000 sqm, four times larger than the rest of the airport’s facilities. It will increase the airport’s capacity to 14 million passengers a year.
“The launch of the new terminal will be a major contributor to trade, supporting the growth [of] tourism and travel for decades to come,” Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, the Minister of Transportation & Telecommunications and Chairman of the Bahrain Airport Company, told Airports Council International.
The New Terminal in Detail
The new terminal will support 8 baggage reclaim belts, 104 check-in counters, 2 halls for registration of first and business class passengers, 36 passport control offices, 12 e-gates for Departures and 8 e-gates for Arrivals.