The Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the largest airport in Egypt and the second largest in Africa after Johannesburg in South Africa. Cairo International Airport is used by 58 passenger airlines, including charter operators, 10 cargo operators, and has a total capacity of 21 million passengers per annum (mppa) divided into three terminal buildings.
The project has two components. The first component of the project is rehabilitation and expansion of the TB2 at Cairo International Airport. The second component of the project is technical assistance and studies to strengthen the institutional capacity of the sector’s institutions.
The construction of the new terminal on the site of the existing Terminal Building 2 with a capacity up to 7.5 million passengers per annum is stated to increase the overall capacity of CAI to 25 million passengers per annum. The new TB2 and Terminal Building 3 (TB3) would be jointly operating as one integrated terminal, by which they would be reinforcing the role of Cairo International Airport as a regional hub.
The now completed ADP supported the construction of TB3 at CAI and of a new terminal building at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport. Terminal Building 3 at Cairo International Airport (CAI) has increased CAI’s current capacity by 11 million passengers per year and the national strategy for air cargo prepared under the capacity strengthening component will respond to the high growth of freight traffic.
