15 mega-airport projects in the world
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Some countries spend billions of dollars on constructing mega airports.
Let's take a look at some of these projects.
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Image: A Swiss airline plane takes-off from Zurich airport.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Kansai International Airport
Location: Japan
Cost: $20 billion
Global rank: 1
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Image: A view of Kansai International Airport in Osaka.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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Hong Kong International Airport
Location: Hong Kong
Cost: $20 billion
Global rank: 2
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Image: A traveller at Hong Kong International Airport.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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Al Maktoum International Airport
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cost: $10 billion
Global rank: 3
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Image: A welcome ceremony for a cargo plane at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport.
Photographs: Handout/Reuters
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King Abdulaziz International Airport
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Cost: $7.2 billion
Global rank: 4
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Image: A view of King Abdullah City near Jeddah.
Photographs: Susan Baaghil/Reuters
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Abu Dhabi International Airport
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Cost: $6.8 billion
Global rank: 5
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Image: A view of Abu Dhabi skyline.
Photographs: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
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Denver International Airport
Location: Denver, United States
Cost: $4.8 billion
Global rank: 6
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Image: Passengers wait in security lines at the Denver International Airport.
Photographs: Nathan Armes/Reuters
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New Lisbon Airport
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Cost: $4.5 billion (estimated)
Global rank: 7
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Image: A passenger walks at the airport terminal in Lisbon.
Photographs: Hugo Correia/Reuters
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Barcelona International Airport
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Cost: $4 billion (estimated)
Global rank: 8
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Image: Tourists line up to board the city tour bus at Plaza Catalunya in central Barcelona.
Photographs: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
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Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport
Location: Berlin, Germany
Cost: $4 billion (estimated)
Global rank: 9
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Image: Workers at the terminal building of the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport outside Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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Suvarnabhumi Airport
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Cost: $3.8 billion (estimated)
Global rank: 10
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Image: A view of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Photographs: Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cost: $3.5 billion (estimated)
Global rank: 11
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Image: Lawrence Jones, four, plays cards with his mother Susan Hourihan and brother Harvey as they wait for their flight to London, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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Athens International Airport
Location: Athens, Greece
Cost: $3 billion
Global rank: 12
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Image: Passengers at Athens' International Airport.
Photographs: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Location: Guangzhou, China
Cost: $3 billion
Global rank: 13
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Image: A man walks past a reflection of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's passenger terminal.
Photographs: Kin Cheung/Reuters
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