Bahrain · Bahrain Airport Company
Bahrain International Airport
BAH · OBBI
Open capex
$700m
Bahrain was the first airport in the Gulf, quietly logging scheduled flights before oil. Its 2021 terminal by HOK and Pascall+Watson is a restrained, beautifully executed building — 210,000 sqm of calm travertine and timber serving Gulf Air and DHL's regional hub. 2024 traffic nudged past 10 million, a recovery milestone, while the kingdom leans on its longstanding role as DHL's Middle East express gateway for cargo upside.
Current expansion
Post-T1 optimisation and DHL South Asia Hub expansion; new runway feasibility being studied.
10.1m
Pax per year
0.3m
Cargo tonnes/yr
1
Runways
1
Terminals
Hub airlines at BAH
Gulf Air
DHL
Suppliers installed at BAH
10 listed
baggage handling
BEUMER Group
High-speed tote systems for complex airports.
Beckum, Germany
ground support
TLD Group
The world's largest ground support equipment OEM.
Sorigny, France
ground support
JBT AeroTech
Jetways, deicers and ramp equipment under one roof.
Ogden, Utah, USA
security screening
Smiths Detection
CT hold-baggage and cabin screening at scale.
Watford, United Kingdom
security screening
Rapiscan Systems
CT, EDS and cargo screening across the GCC.
Hawthorne, California, USA
airport it
SITA
The airline industry's own IT co-operative.
Geneva, Switzerland
retail fit out
Aer Rianta International
Travel retail operator with deep Middle East roots.
Dublin, Ireland
runway lighting
ADB SAFEGATE
Airfield lighting and A-SMGCS market leader.
Zaventem, Belgium
fire safety
Rosenbauer International
Austrian ARFF trucks standard at GCC airports.
Leonding, Austria
catering equipment
Diethelm Keller Aviation (DEKA Gategroup suppliers)
Airline catering services and kitchen infrastructure.
Zurich, Switzerland