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Kuwait International airport was hit by further drone attacks on Wednesday, with strikes on fuel tanks sparking a major fire.

Kuwait’s state news agency Kuna said the attack caused significant damage to fuel tanks belonging to Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company. No casualties were reported.

This was the second reported incident at the airport in recent days. Local media reported that the airport was attacked on 28 March by multiple drones, causing significant damage to its radar system.

The airport is currently undergoing expansion works that are expected to be completed by 2027, as MEED reported previously.

Project execution of the second terminal began in 2017, with the completion date pushed back from the original 2022 target.

The second terminal project consists of three packages.

These are:

• Package 1: Main works – $4,329m
• Package 2: Multistorey car park building, connection roads, bridges and landscaping works – $550m
• Package 3: Aircraft parking, runways and service buildings – $950m

Turkiye’s Limak Holding is executing the main works.

The terminal building was designed by Foster+Partners and Gulf Consult.

Spanish firm Ineco is providing the project management services for the new terminal building and the airfield.

The scope of the main package includes the new terminal building, a building for cooling and electricity supply facilities, and a building for the water supply and the future Automatic People Mover (APM) connection to the satellite building.

The terminal building will be three times the size of the original building and will have 36 boarding gates.

The building will cover more than 700,000 square metres and have five floors, one of which will be underground.

It will have the capacity, at maximum service level, for 25 million passengers a year once the first phase has been completed and up to 50 million passengers after further phases are completed.

The second package of works includes a new car park with approximately 5,000 parking spaces, connected to the new passenger terminal.

It also includes all new access roads to the airport and landscaping.

The scope of the third package comprises the main platform, new taxiways and several tunnels, including one under the platform between the terminal building and the future cargo area of the airport.