UAE | Tourism
Company hopes to complete Abu Dhabi airport work in less than 12 hours
The Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) is closed for 12 hours on Tuesday, between 2:15 to 14:15 hours due to maintenance work on the runway.
- By Dina El Shammaa, Staff Reporter
- Published: 15:02 July 21, 2008
Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) is closed for 12 hours on Tuesday, between 2:15 to 14:15 hours due to maintenance work on the runway.
A dedicated team has been assigned by the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), the owner-operator of ADIA, to re-asphalt a minor crack found on the side of the runway.
The ADAC team hopes the procedure will take less than 12 hours, in spite of the hot weather conditions, which tend to slow down the drying up process of the new asphalt.
"The maintenance process is a routine repair. We hope there will be less time anticipated during the maintenance procedure and that the airports closure time will be minimised in order to lessen any inconveniences caused to passengers," said Andrew Chupeau, Senior Media Officer, ADAC.
Abu Dhabi's home airline, Etihad Airways, has already contacted 80 per cent of their passengers due to fly during the airports closure.
The delay has affected 7,500 Etihad passengers and over 3,500 have visited the Etihad website to check the delay in their flights.
Share this article
Popular in UAE
-
Have your say
Living in untidy homes
Do you think that people who live in untidy homes have bad character?
Latest news
- Khalifa congratulates Karzai on re-election
- Khalifa receives congratulatory call from Talabani
- Complaints against cab drivers decline
- Camel in RAK gives birth to twins
- No hike in water, electricity rates
- Thalassaemia website 'will help educate youth'
- Saif is appointed Emiratisation chief
- Experts call for reviewing green cost of desalination
- Readers: Less water usage means less desalination
- Dubai Police open centre to combat marine pollution
- Pavement parking irks pedestrians
- Man jailed 3 years in fatal assault of colleague
- Murder: Mother gets stiffer sentence
- Traffic Prosecution adopts humanitarian step
- 'All-green' project to ease traffic flow
Community Reports
-
Pavement parking irks pedestrians
Gulf News reader calls on authorities to step in and stop car owners from invading pathways meant for safe walking
-
Faded parking lines pose a problem
Motorists could be fined for parking incorrectly even though they can hardly see the boundaries in the designated areas
-
School buses block residential parking
Commercial vehicles taking up free parking facilities in Al Wuheida, inconveniencing residents in surrounding villas
-
Community report: Doing their bit for poor children
A group of students takes concrete action to raise funds for Dubai Cares
