More
than 1,000 men, women and children have gone through the trials to
test the operations of passenger facilities from check-in and
immigration to aircraft boarding and arrivals.
Over
the next few weeks, a further 2,500 people will go through trials to
ensure a smooth and successful transition of operations of flights
from the current Doha International Airport (DIA) to Hamad
International Airport.
The
advanced trials are a key milestone for HIA as it prepares for the
historic opening. Ten airlines will begin operating from Hamad
International Airport on 1st April 2013, while Qatar Airways, the
main user of the facility, will switch its entire operations from DIA
to HIA by the end of the year.
Hamad
International is a modern, state-of-the-art airport, which will be
Qatar’s new gateway to the world. Flights from the 10 airlines will
operate out of concourse B, and utilise the eastern runway, which is
the largest of the two runways at HIA at just under 5,000 metres.
