New Doha airport set to create 50,000 jobs

Posted by: muhammed Wednesday, 9 May 2012 1:40 PM[UAE] - india

ya mr: zohaib asraf i would like to support your opinion

Posted by: Bharath Syam.S Thursday, 3 May 2012 2:15 PM[UAE] - India

healthy competetion between qatar and Dubai...
i am with qatar...
And i am proud of myself being a part of NDIA project.
all wait untill the grand opening of this new world class terminal equipped with top class technologies..
like special BHS system, Building managment system is one of the top...
I started thinking i can work here after the completion... but dont know the right recruting agency. I think it will be qatar airways directly...
Hope for the best..

Bharath Syam.S
"If you cannot do great things, Do small thins in a great way"

Posted by: KKP Sunday, 25 December 2011 9:29 PM[UAE] - Netherlands

I do not believe the airport will open soon. Construction is going on and will take another 12 months easily. You will be stuck with the messy existing overcrowded airport until further notice....

Posted by: Dont hate me Sunday, 25 December 2011 2:16 PM[UAE] - qatar

I came to Qatar in 2002 and they had just started building the "airport". It's now 2012 and they are still building the "airport". in the same amount of time Dubai has build 3 terminals from scratch and another airport in Jebel Ali. Good Luck Qatar!

Posted by: Lionheart Monday, 26 December 2011 6:20 PM[UAE] - Qatar

@ Lee ,

Correct in every word , this airport will be head and shoulders with what's already on offer , i've done quite a bit of work for this project and it's a grade one development and i've worked on T5 , JXB , DXB and Chep Lak Kok.
It really doesn't need to be that advanced to be honest but other commentators are correct in saying that it will not be opened on time , i envisage another 18months of work and then continued development of the area with Hotels , Freezones and commercial.
Building something this size from scratch takes an awful lot of time when done correctly.

Posted by: Qatar is not Dubai Monday, 26 December 2011 6:20 PM[UAE] - uzbekistan

Hi Lee,
Hate to disagree with you, while the original terminal buildings are actually more than 30 years old built in 1959, terminal one as you know is was built in late 1999 or early 2000, terminal 2 was completed in 1998 and terminal 3 (the emirates terminal) was also completed in record time 2008 (despite a delay of 2 years they completed it in 4 years). All "Dont hate me" is saying is..given the time taken to complete one airport (albeit large) and the lack of other progress in the rest of the country as far as infrastructure Qatar will have a tough time in my opinion to stage the 2022 FIFA World cup championship and now they are bidding for the Olympics in 2020.....! That is going to be tough on a country that has yet to lay a new road in preparation for all these events.

Posted by: lee Monday, 26 December 2011 1:41 PM[UAE] - qatar

As much as i hate to defend Qatar this is a bit unfair....for a start Dubai has not built three terminals in that time; there are only three terminals in total and one of them was built 30 years ago. Only one new terminal has been completed and the extension to that is still on go-slow 6 years after they started as they cant pay the bills. The new airport at Jebel Ali has become little more than a cargo center for the same reason.

The airport in Doha is being built from scratch unlike the extensions being done in Dubai. They spent the initial years reclaiming land from the sea on a scale bigger than the palms (why they reclaimed land in country with an abundance of empty space is beyond me). The final product will be significantly better than anything else in the Middle East and is also implementing new technology never tried before anywhere in the world

Posted by: John Smith Sunday, 25 December 2011 8:28 AM[UAE] - Qatar

This is the usual sort of rubbish that agencies report without fact checking.

This airport won't be open in 2011 or 2012. 2013 is looking unlikely. Total cost is currently over 20 Billion Dollars.

There won't be 5 islands around the airport. That is pure fantasy.

Posted by: Telcoguy Sunday, 25 December 2011 2:14 PM[UAE] - UAE

I guess you are right.
Furthermore "He said the first and second phases of the NDIA will be opened by the end of 2011" I guess that means next week ? Either that or I missed something in the next few weeks.