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Lebanon to boost airport capacity
- Lebanon: Thursday, July 29 - 2010 at 09:26
Lebanon's Civil Aviation Authority has announced plans to more than double previous expansion plans for Beirut Airport, in addition to building a second major airport in the north of country, Arabian Aerospace has reported. Work is due to begin early next year to increase its capacity from six million passengers a year to 18 million with the construction of a new terminal and 23 new gates, taking the total to 46, director general of Civil Aviation, Dr Hamdi Chaouk said. Up to seven of these gates would be designed to take the Airbus A380. "We have talked to Emirates and Qatar," he said, "They need to have an alternative airport for their routes from the Gulf to London and we can provide that. It also gives us opportunities to grow," Chaouk said.
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