The Office of Airports of Israel announced plans to modernize the airport. Ben-Gurion in anticipation of a 50 percent increase in passenger turnover over the next five years.
According to the weekly Calcalist, since the beginning of the year passenger turnover has increased by 18%.
Earlier this week, the airport received a passenger of 20 million in 2017, while for the whole last year the passenger turnover was 17.3 million people. According to the forecast, in the next five years the passenger turnover will grow to 30 million per year.
Terminal 86 will have 86 racks for ticket registration. In addition, 6 more devices will be installed to check the manual baggage. In 2018, 8 more sleeves will be used to get passengers into airliners. And in the summer of next year, in the annex to the main hall, landing on the aircraft should earn another 26 check-in counters.
In the terminal number 1, intended for flights-loukost, additional registration counters will also be installed. It is estimated that at least 1.4 million people will use these flights.
The busiest airport in the world is Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, USA. There in 2016, more than 104 million passengers were registered. In second place is Beijing's international airport, with 94.3 million passengers in 2016, the third - Dubai International Airport with 83.6 million passengers