Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal
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That's a lot of activity indeed. So a 2023 opening is likely.

Progress is being made, first image shows this month and the second one shows last month

This article quotes Frank McCrorie (the new COO) as saying they won't open this year, schedule is on plan but they won't open just because construction is complete...

“The project is where we want it to be. It is on programme. There is a whole load of activity taking place, so it is really in its final phases. We are finishing trialling it and staff have to be familiar with it,” Mr McCrorie said. The terminal will not be opened this year, according to Mr McCrorie.

“We will open it when we think it is the right time to open it and I must stress that — it is not necessarily about when it will be ready for opening,” he said, declining to provide a date. “The biggest factor for us is reputation. Everybody has been waiting for this facility to open, so we want to make sure that we do so in a timely manner and in the correct fashion.”

The right time will depend on travel demand, measures to invest in the latest technology, the addition of new service initiatives, the construction schedule, operational readiness, staff familiarisation, training, trialling, as well as initiatives to guarantee success on every transition and integration of systems, he said.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/aviation/2022/09/01/abu-dhabi-airports-appoints-jamal-al-dhaheri-as-chief-executive/

Seems very complete even at night

Any updates?

Pictures from this month from the yet-to-open main access road:

That Abu Dhabi new terminal saga exceedingly resembles the history of Berlin Brandenburg airport, which opened 8 years late. Abu Dhabi is now 6 years behind schedule.

Scoured the internet for updates on the Midfield terminal project after the drone strike and fire in January, and was only able to find activity on LinkedIn. A quick search reveals people are being hired for jobs in the Midfield terminal, and this image posted by a former MEP project director on April 17, 2022 entitled "ABU DHABI Midfield Passenger Terminal Steel Structure." It's an old photo because he didn't work there after 2017 and the google satellite image shows that part has been completed. It looks fairly complete on the outside so hopefully an opening date will be coming soon.

Nothing else on the internet...

MEP project director LinkedIn photo (old) entitled "ABU DHABI Midfield Passenger Terminal Steel Structure" posted April 17, 2022:



Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hakan-k-774246184/

Google Earth satellite image as of April 20, 2022: