Shoura Council delegation visits Terminal 5 at KKIA

A DELEGATION from the Transport, Communication and Information Technology Committee at the Shoura Council visited the new Terminal 5 at King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) allocated for domestic travel. Terminal 5 began partial operation on May 22, 2016. The delegation was received on its arrival by Bassem Alsalom, assistant to the General Authority of Civil Aviation President for Corporate Communication and Marketing Abdullah Alkuraif, General Manager of Public Relations and Media and terminal 5 project manager Abduellah Alfawzan. The delegation’s visit comes within a planned Shoura field trips which GACA organizes to government agencies to new airports and ongoing projects in order to brief officials on the workflow and to early coordinate the needs of the various sectors in preparation for it going into full operations. During the visit, the delegation heard a review by Eng. Alfawzan on the latest technology and systems used in the terminal to provide all the comfort for the traveling public and providing services to the highest international quality. The delegation discussed the importance of the new terminal in promoting the economic boom in the Kingdom as a whole and in the city of Riyadh in particular. Also discussed, the partial operation of the terminal, which began on a specified number of domestic destinations and will increase gradually until the terminal goes into full operation. At this current stage, there are five domestic destinations which include, Sharora, Alwajeh, Turaif, Quraiat and Alhofuf and will gradually increase until full transfer of all domestic travel to terminal 5. The delegation included Major General Eng. Nasser Alotabi, the committee chairman; Dr. Fardous Alsaleh, Dr. Jibril Alarishi, Dr. Hamid Sharari, and Eng. Abdullah Alngidi.