A design competition for the new Terminal 2 planned for Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International airport (KAIA) is expected by the end of this year. Leading international architects will be invited to take part in the competition. London-based Foster & Partners has designed two airports in Saudi Arabia in recent years. The firm designed the airport at the Red Sea Project for Red Sea Global and, more recently, designed the masterplan for King Salman International airport in Riyadh. The Terminal 2 project in Jeddah is part of an estimated $31bn expansion plan to make KAIA one of the world’s largest airports by increasing its capacity to 114 million passengers a year.  The design competition for Terminal 2 will be managed by gigaproject developer Roshn, which is developing real estate around the airport. It is also working, along with other entities including Jeddah Airports Company (Jedco), on the plans for the new terminal building. The Terminal 2 project aims to almost triple the airport’s 40 million a year passenger limit. Due to start in 2026 and end by 2031, the project will involve constructing a completely new terminal building with dozens of gates, new taxiways, aprons, roads, utilities, and baggage handling and other software systems. It is likely to be worth more than $10bn to build. (ICE RIYADH)

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