A new $29 billion airport being built will becoming the world's largest, eclipsing the likes of New York 's JFK International and London Heathrow. King Salman International Airport - opening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in six years - will be home to six runways and be able to serve 120 million passengers. This is said to likely increase to 185 million by 2050 as part of the drive to increase tourism in the Middle East.
Incredible £13.4bn starfish-shaped airport terminal that is the world's largest Travel expert urges holidaymakers to avoid using 'small travel bottles' “The airport project is in line with Saudi Arabia’s vision to transform Riyadh to be among the top 10 city economies in the world and to support the growth of Riyadh’s population to 15 to 20 million people by 2030,” said a statement from the Saudi Press Agency . The agency also said that they hoped the new airport would become an “aerotropolis centred around a seamless customer journey, world-class efficient operations, and innovation.
” Spanning 22 square miles, over four miles have been set aside for retail outlets. In comparison, Heathrow Airport covers just over four square miles, the same size set aside just for retail at King Salman. JFK sits at around 8.
1 square miles, making it also considerably smaller. The construction is set to create 150,000 jobs ranging from air traffic control operators to baristas. The architect of the project is a British firm, Foster + Partners, a company that worked on .
