Bahrain Airport
| Bahrain International Airport مطار البحرين الدولي  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | OBBI |
| IATA code | BAH |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2 m (7 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 6 km northeast of Manama , Bahrain , 55 km east of Dammam , Saudi Arabia 
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| Street | Expressway |
| train | no |
| Local transport | bus |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1932 |
| operator | Bahrain Airport Company / Civil Aviation Affairs |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 8,898,197 (2010) |
| Air freight | 298,135 t (2010) |
| Flight movements |
106,356 (2010) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
10 million |
| Runways | |
| 12R / 30L | 2530 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 12L / 30R | 3956 m × 60 m asphalt |
The Bahrain Airport , International Bahrain International Airport ( IATA : BAH , ICAO : OBBI ) is the only commercial airport in the Kingdom of Bahrain and an important air transport hub for the transit traffic from Europe to the Middle East and Asia. The international airport is located on Muharraq Island , six kilometers northeast of the Bahraini capital Manama . It is also extremely deep, only two meters above sea level. Bahrain International Airport operates 24 hours a day.
history
Early years
An airport at the current location of Bahrain International Airport was opened in 1932 in Bahrain, which was still British at the time . The first commercial flight took place in October 1932. It was a flight connection from London to Delhi operated by BOAC's predecessor Imperial Airways , which landed in Bahrain for a stopover, among other places. The connection was initially made with a 24-seat Handley Page HP42 . The plane flew at an average speed of 160 kilometers per hour and therefore took several days to complete the route. The inaugural flight was carried out with a machine called Hannibal . This flight connection made Bahrain Airport the first international passenger airport in the Gulf region.
In 1936, Imperial Airways increased the frequency of the route so that it was served two times a week instead of once.
In 1937, the connection was switched to seaplanes of the Short Empire type . These could not land on land, so a sea airport was built on the site where the Marina Club is today , which was named Bahrain Marine Airport . The location is about five kilometers as the crow flies from the airport. As a result of this step, the airport lost the focus of interest and was only used to a limited extent. The flying boat connection lasted until the early 1950s. The network was expanded so that in addition to London, for example, Karachi , Singapore , Hong Kong and Sydney were also served.
Use by the Royal Air Force
Because of the Second World War , Bahrain Airport was converted into a military airfield by the Royal Air Force . After numerous investments, it was able to go into operation on May 22, 1943. However, some aircraft had been stationed at the airport beforehand. In 1963 the RAF base was renamed Royal Air Force Station Muharraq , RAF Muharraq for short . After the British evacuation and the abandonment of RAF Khormaksor in Aden, Muharraq was the last British air base in the Persian Gulf. It was in operation until 1971. The base is still in operation today, albeit limited, and is used by the Bahraini armed forces and the US Navy .
Return of civil aviation
In 1950 civil aviation, which had fallen into the background, was revived. Two events spurred civil aviation again this year. On the one hand, the successor to Imperial Airways, BOAC, served Bahrain again with civil flights. Initially, a route from Bahrain was served three times a week with several stopovers to London. Canadair North Star aircraft were used on the route, with space for 60 passengers. Another major event in 1950 was the founding of the Gulf Aviation Company , now Gulf Air, on March 24th. The airline, which at that time exclusively served the Gulf region, had since 1951 had BOAC as its main shareholder, which also served the Bahrain-London route. The BOAC played this role until 1970. Gulf Aviation Company owned a used aircraft when it was founded, but just two years later Gulf Aviation Company had a fleet of four De Havilland aircraft and four Douglas DC-3s .
After operations began in 1950, the number of flights from Bahrain rose sharply in the following years, the airport of which was still used by the Royal Air Force. The Royal Air Force had expanded the airport considerably during and after the war, and other institutions had also poured money into the passenger facilities. That is why the airport was the most modern and best developed airport in the entire region at that time, with runway lighting, a good runway, good passenger facilities and radio systems. At the beginning of the fifties, new connections came about from Middle East Airlines (MEA), Air India , Air Ceylon and Iran Airways, among others . Bahrain began to become an important hub in the Middle East.
In 1954, Bahrain, which at that time was the most important hub in the Gulf region and an important stopover on long-haul flights, although these factors were important in the choice, was chosen to be the center for air surveillance in the Gulf, which is why investments were made in new navigation systems. Shortly afterwards, the jet age dawned in Bahrain . The first jet airliners in Bahrain were the De Havilland DH.106 Comet from British production or the Boeing 707 from Boeing . These new and modern aircraft required fewer stopovers for a longer flight than the propeller-driven aircraft used previously , whereupon stopovers on long-haul flights have been radically reduced with the changeover. Bahrain, however, continued to act as a stopover and did not fall victim to the cuts.
The location at Bahrain Airport was so good that the airport continued to expand in order to maintain its attractiveness for airlines with long-haul flights, which continued to land in Bahrain for technical reasons. In December 1961, a new passenger terminal went into operation.
In 1970 the Gulf Aviation Company took on a route to London for the ever larger business for customers with the destination Bahrain, which were operated with Vickers VC10 . Despite these investments, the company expanded again shortly afterwards in order to retain the position and to continue to be attractive for stop-over companies. In December 1971, just ten years after opening a new terminal, another terminal was opened at the airport with the associated aprons. The aprons were designed to accommodate four Boeing 747s , which were increasingly being used on long-haul flights to Far Asia and Australia and thus also populated Bahrain's airport, which many airlines continued to use. The passenger facilities and the apron devoured a large part of the Bahraini state budget, but the investment paid for itself quickly due to good utilization. Over time, the traffic had focused and developed more on the destination Bahrain, so that the function as a stopover in the overall balance decreased significantly and Bahrain itself became a very important flight destination.
Nevertheless, these stopovers were of great importance to the airport. However, since the flight times of the connections were usually set similarly, there was a highly concentrated peak traffic time in which several long-haul aircraft, including some jumbo jets, made a stopover at Bahrain Airport. Therefore it was expanded again. The extensions went into operation in 1976.
Another step in the development of Bahrain as an air traffic hub was the multinationalization of the Gulf Aviation Company. After the governments of the states of Abu Dhabi , Bahrain, Oman and Qatar had acquired shares in BOAC, the parent company of the Gulf Aviation Company, in 1973, the Gulf Aviation Company changed hands in 1974. The aforementioned Gulf States were now joint owners of the Gulf Aviation Company, which changed its name after the takeover and has since operated as Gulf Air. Gulf Air was thus the joint state airline of several states. This led to strong expansion and the opening of new bases in the participating states. However, Bahrain would retain its function as a central hub.
Concorde connection and further growth
In 1976, in the meantime the destination Bahrain had become economically interesting in itself, a supersonic line connection of British Airways with a Concorde from Bahrain to London-Heathrow was given . In addition to the Air France connection from Paris via Dakar to Rio de Janeiro, it was the first scheduled Concorde supersonic connection and the first British Airways Concorde connection at all. In addition to the planning, the start of the booking options had already started on October 14th. The joint opening day for both connections was January 21, 1976. British Airways used their Concorde with the registration number G-BOAA. The flight was flight number BA300 and took four hours and six minutes for the entire route on the opening flight. The fact that British Airways and Air France did not use their Concorde on the economically interesting routes to America was simply due to the fact that the US authorities had not approved Concorde flights for the time being and the operating license was only available in 1977 after many negotiations. So the two airlines had to find other employment opportunities for their supersonic jets, so Bahrain was flown to. If flights to the USA had been possible from the first day of operation of the Concorde, Bahrain would probably never have become a Concorde destination.
On October 26, 1977, Singapore Airlines announced that it had agreed with British Airways to extend Concorde's London-Bahrain route to Singapore three times a week. This flight plan change then came into effect on December 9 of the same year. However, this connection did not last long, because on December 13, Malaysia forbade Concorde to fly through its airspace. Again, as in many other states, e.g. B. the United States raises security concerns. The Singapore connection via Bahrain therefore had to be discontinued after three outward and return flights.
After reaching an agreement with the Malaysian authorities, British Airways' connection from London via Bahrain to Singapore was resumed on January 24, 1978, a little over a year after it was closed.
However, as with the other Concorde connections, the London-Bahrain-Singapore connection was not too economical. Because of the deep red numbers, it was decided to stop operations on the route.
Also in 1976 the Gulf Air fleet was significantly increased. The Bahrain-based company, which is based on flights to Bahrain and also partly geared towards transfer passengers, acquired Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and Boeing 737 aircraft . At the same time, the number of employees was increased to 4,000. With this increase in capacity, Gulf Air was now able to add new routes to its program. Gulf Air thus opened new flight connections from Bahrain to Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Baghdad, Bangkok, Beirut, Cairo, Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Khartoum, Larnaca, Manila, Paris, Ras Al Khaimah in the emirate of the same name and to Sanaa .
In 1983 what was then the only runway was renovated. It received a new asphalt pavement, which required 70,000 tons of asphalt, as well as new lighting.
In 1981, Gulf Air became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In 1983, after diplomatic negotiations, the flight destination Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was accepted. Gulf Air was the first international airline allowed to land in the capital Riyadh.
In 1988, Gulf Air took over its first Boeing 767 and added more connections to the route network, such as Frankfurt am Main. Other routes followed in the period that followed, for example a new route to Australia.
Expansion in the early 1990s
As early as the 1980s, various airlines no longer had to stop for fuel. The airport in Bahrain only operated with flights to and from Bahrain and transfer connections. In addition to the transfer traffic to the Gulf region, the market with transfer flights from Europe via Bahrain to Asia and Australia, for which the airport and others in the Gulf region have strong geographical advantages, became an important support and segment for Gulf Air, which is based in Bahrain. Correspondingly high was thus the rapidly growing share of transfer passengers at Bahrain Airport.
Those in charge decided to build a new terminal to replace the aging passenger building and to adapt the airport to the new requirements. This new building was completed in 1994. By the end of the following decade, it will have 42 check-in counters, 14 gates, seven of which are equipped with passenger boarding bridges, and seven baggage carousels. The transfer time between two international flights at the new terminal is at least 45 minutes.
Further growth in the 21st century and privatization
Bahrain Airport began major improvements and renovation work after the turn of the century. One of the reasons for this was that the construction from 1994 could no longer keep up with the sharp rise in passenger numbers. Other modernizations and new buildings were caused by an overloaded runway system and outdated systems.
As the first part of this program, a new runway was built parallel to the existing runway in 2005, which, with a length of around two and a half kilometers, can accommodate aircraft up to the size of the Airbus A340 or the Boeing 777 . The runway went into operation in February 2005.
Then further plans for expansion emerged. Initially, the airport's capacity was to be increased to 15 million passengers per year in a three-phase project and, decades later, 45 million passengers per year. The expansion to 15 million passengers should be made possible by expanding the existing terminal and thus doubling the usable area. The expansion cost around 80 million Bahraini dinars . At the end of 2005, the start of construction was announced for the end of 2006, but the groundbreaking ceremony for the terminal expansion was canceled for reasons not mentioned.
At the time of the previously planned expansion program, a new plan very similar to the old one was presented to the public in November 2006. This time there was again talk of increasing the terminal's passenger capacity to 15 million passengers as planned by doubling the area. However, some changes had been made to the previous plan. The specific and also presented plan included this enlargement, which in addition to the terminal expansion, in which the number of passenger boarding bridges was to be doubled from 7 to 14 and the number of parking positions was to be increased from 46 to 64, as well as several other smaller construction measures. Furthermore, this plan provided that the total cost of the expansion should amount to 126 million Bahraini dinars, the construction work should start in 2008 and should be completed in 2010. However, this project was not carried out as planned, but rather put on hold.
The reason was probably that the idea of a Bahrain airport operated by a private company had meanwhile been heated. It was therefore agreed that a private company should be responsible for the airport. For this purpose, the private Bahrain Airport Company (BAC for short) was founded in 2008, which aimed to take over the airport and then subsequently pursue an expansion program. In March 2008 it was announced that Bahrain Airport Company would be given responsibility; the company had offered to expand the airport with 300 million Bahraini dinars. Until now, the Civil Aviation Affairs authority was responsible for Bahrain International Airport.
In the meantime, shortly after the newly built runway was put into operation, the existing runway at Bahrain International Airport was decommissioned and completely renovated, which devoured eleven million Bahraini dinars then to be reopened in July 2007.
In addition, a new tower was erected at Bahrain International Airport during the same period and started operations in 2006.
In May 2008, a small expansion on the apron was started, which included the construction of nine new parking positions for aircraft of the size Airbus A330 , Airbus A340, Boeing 747 and Boeing 777. Construction time was 60 weeks, so over a year. The investment totaled 18.5 million Bahraini dinars.
In the period that followed, preparations were made to organize the takeover by the Bahrain Airport Company. The newly founded Bahrain Airport Company had to prepare itself for the upcoming tasks, for which a consulting contract was concluded with the construction management company Hill International on January 22, 2010 and a cooperation agreement was signed with Munich Airport on January 23, 2010, where the Bavarian airport With his experience, he was supposed to support the Bahrain Airport Company primarily in management and expansion. In addition, the Bahrain Airport Company recruited, for example, employees of the Bahraini aviation authority and analyzed the existing contracts with airlines, etc. The Bahrain Airport Company explained its plans to have the Bahrain International Airport expanded by 2013. In 2009 this date was announced; At that time, the number of passengers a year was around nine million. The terminal was designed for seven million passengers a year.
On March 1, 2010, the Bahrain Airport Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bahraini Mumtalakat Holding Company, took over the operator function of Bahrain International Airport.
However, the Bahrain Airport Company also postponed the opening of a terminal expansion. In June 2011, she announced that she had signed a contract with Dar Al Handasah, which initially included a nine-month planning and preparation phase that came to the balance sheet at $ 11.6 million, and then a subsequent construction phase, the to last until 2015. This means that the expansion, which should initially enable 13.5 million passengers a year in Bahrain, should go into operation in 2015.
Investments
Passenger building
The airport has a passenger terminal with a capacity of 10 million passengers a year and an apron with 37 parking spaces for commercial aircraft. There are also some maintenance systems at the airport.
The passenger building at Bahrain International Airport was built in 1994. It is currently being thoroughly modernized and a satellite should be added by 2015 .
There is a central hall for check-in, security controls as well as passport counters and baggage claim. Behind this is a terminal building about 400 to 500 meters long, parallel to the two runways. In this building there are nine gates with passenger boarding bridges in a row and further gates next to them, from which passengers are transported to their aircraft, which are parked in other nearby parking positions to the southeast and northwest of the terminal building. There are a total of 17 gates. The baggage handling system can handle 3000 pieces of baggage per hour.
Numerous shops, restaurants, cafes, service rooms and entertainment areas can be found in the terminal, which has a total area of 51,000 square meters. The terminal is completely barrier-free. There is also space for prayer rooms and lounges here. Free wireless internet is available in the building.
The terminal at Bahrain International Airport currently has five airport lounges for premium passengers, most of which are owned by Gulf Air. In 2005 two new lounges were opened, which have an area of 200 square meters and 700 square meters respectively. One of these two lounges belongs to Cathay Pacific, the other to the airport operator, who makes them available to various airlines for a fee.
There are prayer rooms for Muslim passengers at the airport, with separate rooms for women and men. Prayer rooms are located on both the departures level and the arrivals level.
As of 2006, the airport also had three cargo buildings with a capacity of 146,794 tons per year.
Tower
The current tower of Bahrain International Airport was built on an area of 580 square meters and has 12 floors at a height of 49.5 meters. In the building there is a reception desk on the ground floor and a viewing platform on one of the upper floors, which is also accessible to visitors. On the twelfth and highest floor is the glazed air traffic control center, from which the air traffic controllers can see the entire apron and runways.
After the construction phase, the plant was finally put into operation on May 5, 2006. The construction cost was 2.9 million Bahraini dinars .
Start-and runway
It has two runways with a length of 3956 meters and 2530 meters, which are parallel to each other. The shorter of the two runways can accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 777 or an Airbus A340 , but does not have an instrument landing system (ILS). The second, significantly longer, runway can accommodate all civil aircraft types currently in use and has a Category 2 instrument landing system.
The shorter runway 12R / 30L was put into operation in February 2005. It had previously been built in 15 months and cost 8.9 million Bahraini dinars. Its length of 2530 meters enables take-offs and landings with aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 777 or an Airbus A340. The opening flight took place with an Airbus A340 owned by the local Gulf Air. Runway 12R / 30L does not have an instrument landing system.
The second, longer and wider runway 12L / 30R is 3956 meters long and 60 meters wide and can therefore accommodate all common commercial aircraft. For many years it was the only runway at the airport. The runway was originally expanded in 1986 as part of a major renovation program from the other runway previously used at Bahrain International Airport, extended, and its dimensions changed. After the opening of the parallel runway in 2005, this runway was closed and modernized and renovated, which included a new surface and new technology, and also expanded somewhat. The redevelopment project had a total cost of around eleven million Bahraini dinars. A new category 2 instrument system was installed during the renovation. In July 2007, the Airbus A380-compatible runway was reopened after the renovation.
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is the hub of the state airline Gulf Air , which, in addition to connecting the state of Bahrain to the international air traffic network and guest worker flights, also offers transfer flights between Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia, the latter business being extremely important for the company. Another airline based in Bahrain was Bahrain Air , which only operated regionally. Dozens of other airlines also fly to Bahrain.
Another business at the airport is freight. DHL has its Middle East department at the airport. In addition, private aviation also plays a role at the airport that should not be underestimated.
Air traffic
Passenger traffic
(last update: December 2015)
Bahrain International is an important regional and supraregional hub. It is the home airport of the domestic passenger airlines Gulf Air and Bahrain Air . From several Gulf Air flights, it also has an important function as a transfer airport from Europe to Southeast Asia. An extensive network exists in the Arab and Near East as well as the Indian region and Northeast Africa.
Within the oil states of the Arabian Peninsula, for example, Arabia Airlines flies to Sharjah , Bahrain Air to several destinations such as Doha, Dubai, Damman and Riyadh, and Emirates and Etihad Airways to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, from where both offer a wide range of connecting flights. Furthermore, the low-cost airline Flydubai serves its base in Dubai on the affluent peninsula , Kuwait Airways flies to Kuwait, Oman Air serves Muscat, Qatar Airways flies to its Doha hub, of which many connecting flights are also offered. The Saudi Arabian Airlines and Jazeera Airways from Kuwait also have Bahrain on their flight schedule. The state-owned Gulf Air serves a wide range of direct destinations on the peninsula, which includes destinations in all countries.
In addition to business travel, the large sector of guest worker flights, as in other oil states in Arabia, plays an important role. Destinations are in particular in Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Iraq, Bangladesh, Iran, Yemen and some countries in East Africa and most of the poorer countries in the region, but Indians also make up a significant proportion of guest workers, which is why there are several routes to India.
Bahrain Air flies to a number of destinations in Egypt, India and Iraq as well as, for example, to Amman, Chittagong, Khartoum and other destinations. EgyptAir runs a route to Cairo. Yemenia flies to their home country of Yemen
The Iranian airline Iran Air comes to Bahrain.
The Indian low-cost airline Air India Express offers services to Bahrain and, thanks to its network, delivers a larger selection of destinations in India. Its Indian competitor Jet Airways also has Bahrain in its flight schedule. Ethiopian Airlines flies from Bahrain to Addis Ababa, the Pakistani Pakistan International Airlines is also coming to Bahrain. The Jordanian Royal Jordanian connects the airport with Embraer 195. There are also connections from SriLankan Airlines to Colombo.
The top dog Gulf Air also leads some routes to poorer neighboring countries, which are often also intended for guest workers. In this region it controls, for example, Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, Khartoum in Sudan, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Beirut in Lebanon, Damascus in Syria, Al Najaf, Arbil and Baghdad in Iraq, some Iranian and Pakistani destinations, Kabul in Afghanistan, Kathmandu in Nepal, Dhaka in Bangladesh and some Indian destinations to name a few.
Long-haul flights also represent an important part of the passenger flight area at Bahrain international Airport.
British Airways flies direct from London ( Heathrow Airport ) to Bahrain, Cathay Pacific flies to Hong Kong with a stopover in Bahrain on some flights while others fly direct, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flies from Bahrain to Amsterdam. The German Lufthansa serves its home base in Frankfurt am Main from Bahrain, but with a stopover in Riyadh.
Another international airline that serves Bahrain with long-haul flights is the US American United Airlines, which flies to Bahrain via Kuwait.
The local Gulf Air has suspended a large number of international long-haul flights due to austerity measures as a result of an extensive restructuring program, for example connections to Australia and the United States. Before that, Gulf Air, like other Arab airlines, for example Qatar Airways or Emirates, tried to achieve success by connecting flights from North America and Europe via their hubs in the Gulf region to Asia, Far Asia and Australia. In Bahrain, this project did not end well and a large number of highly unprofitable long-haul connections were thinned out in the flight plan. Still, Gulf Air flies to London, Istanbul, Athens, Larnaka, Milan, Geneva, Paris, Frankfurt am Main and Copenhagen in Europe, and Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila in Far Asia. Transfer traffic continues to play an important role at Gulf Air, even if it tends to concentrate on Europe-Middle East traffic.
Freight traffic
Bahrain International Airport has its own terminal with an area of 18,000 square meters for freight traffic. It is equipped to be able to handle dangerous and refrigerated goods, for example.
The largest freight customer in Bahrain is DHL , which maintains its Middle East base here in Bahrain and operates numerous connecting flights to the neighboring region from here, which is of great benefit to the airport. DHL maintains a fleet of 17 aircraft at the airport. In addition, there are 250 DHL trucks stationed in Bahrain, onto which the incoming freight is transshipped if the missing route is too short, not frequented enough or cannot be reached by plane.
In addition to DHL, other freight customers are also active at the airport. These include, for example, FedEx , TNT Express , Aramex and General Logistics Systems (GLS) . Another important local cargo airline is the US Kalitta Air . The cargo record was reached at Bahrain International Airport in 2006 with 358,670 tons of cargo. Since then, partly due to the global economic crisis, the number of freight has dropped to 298,135 tons in 2010.
According to the flight schedule, DHL operates 106 freight frequencies per week in 2012. For comparison: Bahrain Air has 136 and Gulf Air has 460 with scheduled flights. According to this, the airline is the third largest operator after flights have been carried out and the largest local cargo airline.
Incidents
- On 12 June 1950, from flying Karachi next Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France ( air vehicle registration number F-BBDE ) on approach to the airport Bahrain 5.5 km from the destination airport into the water. Of the 52 inmates, 46 were killed. Pilot fatigue was found to be a contributing factor in the accident.
- On 14 June 1950, further from flying Karachi next Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France ( F-BBDM ) on approach to the airport Bahrain into the water, only 1600 meters from the accident two days earlier crashed machine. Of the 53 inmates, 40 were killed. The lack of equipment at Bahrain Airport with suitable night flight lights and radio navigation aids was stated as contributing accident factors.
- On October 6, 1961, the Blackburn Beverley XM110 of the Royal Air Force was so badly damaged by a time bomb hidden in the cargo hold of Kuwait Airport in Bahrain that it was no longer repaired. People were not harmed.
- On August 19, 1979, a Boeing 707-123B of Cyprus Airways (5B-DAM) jumped up again after touching down and then touched down on the nose landing gear. The same collapsed and the machine was irreparably damaged during the subsequent spinning process. All 66 occupants survived the accident.
- On August 23, 2000, an Airbus A320 of Gulf Air ( A4O-EK ) was steered into the shallow sea by the spatially disoriented crew after a nightly go-around maneuver at Bahrain airport ( CFIT ). All 143 occupants, 135 passengers and eight crew members were killed (see also Gulf Air flight 072 ) .
statistics
Development of passenger and freight numbers as well as flight movements from 2000 to 2010. The table is based on figures from the Bahraini Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA).
| Period | Passengers | Air freight (in tons) | Flight movements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutely | ± in% | absolutely | ± in% | absolutely | ± in% | |
| 2000 | 3,930,585 | 15.02% | 146.794 | 15.99% | 60,072 | 9.69% |
| 2001 | 3,991,623 | 1.55% | 152.433 | 3.84% | 60,490 | 0.70% |
| 2002 | 4,147,105 | 3.90% | 176.112 | 15.53% | 61,965 | 2.44% |
| 2003 | 4,296,979 | 3.61% | 231.239 | 31.30% | 69,493 | 12.15% |
| 2004 | 5,144,290 | 19.72% | 290.091 | 25.45% | 72,530 | 4.37% |
| 2005 | 5,581,503 | 8.50% | 316,890 | 9.24% | 73,891 | 1.88% |
| 2006 | 6,696,025 | 19.97% | 315.237 | 0.52% | 80,538 | 9.00% |
| 2007 | 7,320,039 | 9.32% | 341,630 | 8.37% | 87,417 | 8.54% |
| 2008 | 8,758,068 | 19.65% | 332,798 | 2.59% | 101.203 | 15.77% |
| 2009 | 9,053,631 | 3.37% | 311.024 | 6.54% | 103,727 | 2.49% |
| 2010 | 8,898,197 | 1.72% | 298.135 | 4.14% | 106,356 | 2.53% |
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Bahrain International Airport (Official Airport Site)
- Bahrain Airport Company
- Current arrivals and departures
- Current arrivals and departures (alternative page)
- Airlines at Bahrain Airport
- Airport data at airport-data.com
- Airport data at ourairports.com
- azworldairport.com about the airport
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Location of the Marina Club (Bahrain Marine Airport)
- ↑ a b History of the airport on the airport page
- ↑ aerofield.co.uk about the RAF Muharraq
- ↑ radfanhunters.co.uk about the RAF Muharraq
- ^ RAF Muharraq at globalsecurity.org
- ↑ History of Gulf Air: Founding ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ History of Gulf Air: Share of British Overseas Airways Corporation in the airline ( Memento of the original June 29, 2013 Web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gulf Aviation Company starts route to London ( Memento of the original dated June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ History of Gulf Air: 1973 ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Renaming of the Gulf Aviation Company to Gulf Air ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Forum on Bahrainverbindung with numerous pictures of written documents
- ↑ History of the Concorde (1970s)
- ^ British Airways via Concorde
- ^ Book about the Concorde
- ↑ History of the Concorde (1970s)
- ↑ History of Gulf Air: 1976 ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bahrain Asphalt about the runway renovation in 1983 ( memento of the original from October 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IATA membership of Gulf Air ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gulf Air flies to Riyadh ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gulf Air: 1988 ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New runway
- ↑ Expansion plans for Terminal 2005
- ^ Bahrain International Airport: Groundbreaking planned for the end of 2006
- ↑ BD126m flight into the future
- ↑ airport-technology.com on the expansion
- ↑ Bahrain Airport: Key airport facelift wants spur trade
- ↑ Renovation of the runway
- ↑ highbeam.com about the new tower ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Nine airport bays on way (May 3, 2008)
- ^ Bahrain Airport Company Signs Project Management Services Contract with Hill International
- ^ Bahrain Airport Company signs Contract with Munich Airport
- ↑ Civil Aviation Affairs staff invited to join Bahrain Airport Company
- ^ BAC contracts with airlines
- ^ Contracts of the BAC
- ↑ Bahrain Airport: Expansion of airport takes off (March 24, 2009)
- ↑ airport-technologa.com on the takeover of the airport operator by BAC
- ↑ Bahrain Airport: BAC takes responsibility
- ^ Bahrain Airport: BAHRAIN AIRPORT COMPANY BEGINS NEW AIRPORT EXPANSION
- ^ Bahrain Airport to Expand Capacity
- ↑ Information at azworldairports.com
- ↑ airport-technology.com: Bahrain International Airport expansion, Bahrain
- ↑ ifly.com: Bahrain Airport (BIA) Intl Terminal Map ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ megaflieger.de: Bahrain Airport
- ↑ worldairportguides.com: BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUIDE
- ^ Bahrain International Airport: Lounges
- ↑ Prayer rooms at the airport
- ↑ Bahrain International Airport about the opening of the tower in a press release
- ↑ Opening of the new tower at allbuisiness.com ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New runway opened
- ^ Bahrain International Airport Press Release: The upgraded runway of the Bahrain International Airport inaugurated
- ↑ Destination map of Air Arabia
- ↑ Aims of Bahrain Air ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Emirates destination card
- ↑ Aims of Etihad Airways ( Memento of the original dated August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ flight plan of flydubai.com
- ↑ Kuwait Airways route network ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Oman Air route network ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Destinations of Qatar Airways
- ↑ Saudi Arabian Airlines with a destination card
- ↑ Destinations of Jazeera Airways
- ↑ a b Gulf Air route map ( memento of the original from July 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EgyptAir route network
- ↑ Aims of Yemenia ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Targets of Iran Air ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aims of Air India Express ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jet Airways route network
- ↑ Destinations of Ethiopian Airlines
- ^ PIA Network
- ^ Royal Jordanian
- ↑ SriLankan
- ↑ Destinations of British Airways
- ↑ Cathay Pacific: Bahrain
- ↑ Cathay Pacific route network
- ↑ KLM travel guide
- ↑ Lufthansa: Bahrain ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ United Airlines route network ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Aero International: Change of strategy at Gulf Air
- ↑ Gulf Air route map ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kalitta Air: Middle East & Indian SubContinental ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on May 12, 2012
- ↑ bahrainairport.com: Cargo , last accessed on May 12, 2012
- ↑ bahrainairport.com: Airlines at BIA , last accessed on May 12, 2012
- ^ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 50 (English), October 1993, pp. 93/82.
- ^ Accident report DC-4 F-BBDE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 10, 2018.
- ^ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 50 (English), October 1993, pp. 93/82.
- ^ Accident report DC-4 F-BBDM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 10, 2018.
- ↑ James J. Halley: Broken Wings. Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents . Air-Britain (Historians), Tunbridge Wells, 1999, ISBN 0-85130-290-4 , p. 206.
- ↑ accident report Beverley XM110 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 11 December 2018th
- ↑ accident report B-707-120B 5B-DAM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 11 December 2018th
- ↑ Accident report A320 A4O-EK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
- ↑ caa.gov.bh: CAA Statistic Report 2010, p. 16/17: AIRPORT TRAFFIC STATISTICS & TRENDS 2000 - 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 22.1 MB)
