Etihad Airways Etihad Guest - AUH new terminal has receiving approval from council

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/abu-dhabi-approves-building-of-futuristic-airport-complex-1.974677

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) announced in a statement yesterday that it has received approval from the Executive Council for the construction of the MTC, which is planned to become the primary gateway for airlines operating to Abu Dhabi and the future home of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE.

"The Midfield Terminal Building is expected to go live in the first half of 2017," the statement said.

EY will be in new home. They will expecting to start construction new midfield terminal and it will completion sometime in year of 2017.

Hopefully they choose a different architect than for T3, the most user-unfriendly new terminal i know.

What don't you like about it?

What don't you like about it?

1) The Etihad lounges are way too small for a large transit airport Etihad is trying to make AUH become.

2) Some of the gates especially the JFK gate which needs extra security is basically half a mile away, and isn't actually large enough to hold all the first/class business class customers or even economy customers in its two different sections.

3) I think there is only one gate that has two jet bridges which is kind of vital for A380s. I've been at airports on an A380 with only one jet bridge and its a nightmare to load everyone in a timely manner. Hopefully Etihad can develop their lounge system so that premium passengers can load on a seperate jetbridge in the lounge.

T3 looks nice and new, but its a bit out of date and the planners obviously didn't realise how quickly Etihad would expand and is suffering.