The three-year project will see the addition of a 670,000 sq m terminal with 94 aircraft bays to replace the two existing facilities currently handling airport traffic, as well as 'the world's tallest airport control tower' at 133 metres, and infrastructure linking the terminal with roads and the planned high-speed railway that will join Jeddah with Mecca and Medina, GACA said.

The expansion project is aimed at raising the capacity of the King Abdul Aziz International Airport to 30 million passengers per year from the current traffic of 17 million passengers, the regulator said.

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