JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened and toured a new terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Tuesday. The airport is one of the largest in the region, with a total area of ​​810,000 square meters and a capacity of 30 million passengers per year. During the tour, the king saw a presentation of the details of the airport and on civil aviation in the Kingdom. The Minister of Transport and Chairman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), Dr. Nabil bin Mohammed Al-Amoudi, said that the Kingdom’s civil aviation sector has recently achieved qualitative leaps and creative developments that contributed to 4.6% of GDP.  He said, according to indicators by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the number of domestic and international airports doubled to 28 airports.  “As a result, the number of passengers increased from 47 million passengers in 2010 to 100 million passengers in 2018,” the minister added. The King Abdulaziz Airport accounted for 36% of the total number of passengers in the Kingdom.