Passenger Terminal World September 2024
10 October 2024

Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah, CEO of Bahrain Airport Company, reflects on the airport's US$1.1bn terminal, the construction project's unique challenges and the airport's vision for the future.

How has Bahrain's strategic location influenced its role as an air transportation hub?

What differentiates Bahrain International Airport (BIA) in this region is more that just infrastruction, if you look around us, there is much bigger airports, there are much bigger airports with more hotels. What makes Bahrain a special hub in this region is more that we are directly between the West and the East.

For this reason we've managed to become very favourable for logistrics operators such as DHL. Additionally, carrier welfare network, we are now connected to more destination in the East. Hopefully, soon we will be connecting to the US as well.

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