There it is guys, November 2004 is the final opening date of the biggest and most ambitious project ever built in Israel, billions were spent in order to complete what is supposed to be a master piece!
Everything is finally ready and in less than 5 months well be using it ;) ....enjoy the pics!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/40751_ot.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/4075/2_wx.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/4075/4_wx.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/4075/5_ot.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/4075/6_ot.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/4075/8_ot.jpg

Super awesome...
I am gonna to be there in the airport later this year or early next year... :D...
I love this looks... so amazing and sexy...

It's about time ! :applause:

Oh well, it's only a 4 years delay ;)

lol^
looks awesome but more pics plz?

Fantastic...!! amazing..!!

:)

I found these great photos in a forum - taken by a guy who calls him self Kartman .

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/7378/natbag1.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/2059/natbag2.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6901/natbag3.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/9172/natbag4.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6803/natbag5.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6536/natbag6.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/7433/natbag7.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/1200/natbag8.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/2103/natbag9.jpg

I really like the water feature in the center of the hall, and the columns design is also really nice .

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/3351/natbag10.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/5734/natbag11.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/866/natbag12.jpg

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6889/natbag13.jpg

More excellent photos in this site :
hnn (http://www.hnn.co.il/ShowArticle2.asp?artId=1929)

Some gardens outside
http://www.hnn.co.il/images/1929-392-S.JPG

Another part of the terminal under construction
http://www.hnn.co.il/images/1929-390-S.JPG

WOW!!! Great airport! It does not only look like an airport, but is also has some creative features!

@TeLaViVi
I agree! The collums and the water-thing are really nice!

WoW amazing! tnx telavivi!

AWESOME

Much more sexy and better than Sydney International Airport

Nice local touch there with the wall behind the check-in counters made of Jerusalem stone! And a nice spacious market circle between the check in and the holdrooms.

May I however air my surprise here that there seem to be both the typical Tel Aviv inspection interview tables (for the "please place your luggage on this table and I will ask you some questions" routine) already stacked in the check-in area (last picture in reply # 6 behind the leftmost column), as well as what seem to be state-of-the-art explosives detection devices (the huge white things, second picture from the top in the original post, under the flight info boards).
I believe to have read elsewhere that trials are underway at the old terminal aready to do away with the questioning and scan luggage "behind the scenes", at least for El Al flights. That would speed up the check in process and unclutter the departures areas.
Has that been scrapped for the new building then?

The scanning and checking are impossible to remove given that little fact: we live in the state of Israel and as citizen of such a nation we UNDERSTAND the existance of such measures and understand its there to protect us....so no i do not belive those things will change, they will however, be less obvious and will bother us less in the new airport since there is a new technology used there (secret cameras, finger printing system, face characters and more)

^^Been through them myself, and understand their necessity.

I read this on the Skytrax website - www.airlinequality.com/airport/airport.htm "Tel Aviv phasing out interrogation": tThe link is still there but yields no more story. It was to the end that with modern technology being deployed the checks would become "invisible" without compromising their thoroughness.

Hence my surprise at seeing "old technology" (tables) in the pictures. I guess I was jumping to conclusions and stand corretced: glad to read that you are confirming that the checks will be with modern technology and less bothersome.

wow what a beautiful airport... I had no idea a new airport was even being built...

is it an extension to Ben Gurion? is it in Lod? or is it located somewhere closer to central Tel Aviv?

wow what a beautiful airport... I had no idea a new airport was even being built...

is it an extension to Ben Gurion? is it in Lod? or is it located somewhere closer to central Tel Aviv?
Its in Lod, the same area that BG is...

is it an extension to Ben Gurion? is it in Lod? or is it located somewhere closer to central Tel Aviv?

I think This will answer... (Terminals 1 and 2 are the Ben Gurion everybody knows...:P)
http://www.daadaadaa.com/imagehosting//uploads/1091031525_untitled.JPG

wow that's cool... thanks for the answers.

last time I was there, Ben Gurion was just a little old ugly arrival and departure terminal (back in 1989...can't believe it's 15 years already...!!)

Time to visit again dont you think ;)

I know... it's been much too long.

hopefully in the next year or two. my girlfriend would love to see israel too.

You wouldnt belive how much things have changed....my Aunt from France came after 5 years and she was overwhelemed.....my city alone nearly doubled in that time ;)

You wouldnt belive how much things have changed....my Aunt from France came after 5 years and she was overwhelemed.....my city alone nearly doubled in that time ;)

LOL :lol: Ness Ziona was called a town 10 years ago... :lol:

Ashdod city is nearly 200.000 people today and predicted to have around 250.000 in less than 10 years...........our city population was 600000 in 1990....there you go :p

it's crazy how much growth there has been in israel since I was there or even since a few years ago. it's really good to see.

Ashdod city is nearly 200.000 people today and predicted to have around 250.000 in less than 10 years...........our city population was 600000 in 1990....there you go :p
600000 in 1990? what hapend their that 400000 died?

LOL!!!! I meants 60.000 :D

Some more photo's of the new terminal from Tapuz.co.il (by snowball18) :

The "buy & bye" hall
http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/40677497.jpg

http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/40677649.jpg

http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/40677752.jpg

Some genuine antiques
http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/40680879.jpg

WOW. i LOVE those antiques on the wall, really original!

Wow, the new Israeli Airports Authority web site (http://www.iaa.gov.il/rashat/en-Us/Rashot) is excellent .

Check out this interactive map of Ben Gurion Air port (http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/map.aspx?mapId=BenGurion&lang=eng)
click on the camera icon near the new terminal to watch a cool movie about it .

There's also an extensive photo gallery (http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/PictureGallery/)

Check out this interactive map of Ben Gurion Air port (http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/map.aspx?mapId=BenGurion&lang=eng)
click on the camera icon near the new terminal to watch a cool movie about it .


Whoa!
That map is great! you can even see which Duty-Free shops are in the terminal... :cheers:

WOW :uh:

i think that has to be the single most beautiful airport in the world. By avoiding the architectural trends that other cities are quick to follow, it stands out, making it unique and even more beautiful in my eyes. An awesome airport. I especially like those antiques on the wall. This airport is sure to win a whole host of awards. Breathtaking and marvelous. Indeed.

AK

more (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=588736&WxsIERv=LQ%3D%3D&WdsYXMg=LQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=VGVsIEF2aXYgKC1KYWZmYSkgLSBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIChMb2QpIChUTFYgLyBMTEJHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=SXNyYWVs&ktODMp=TWF5IDEzLCAyMDA0&BP=1&WNEb25u=QXJpZWwgU2hvY3Jvbg%3D%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=VExWIGlzIGFscmVhZHkgZ2V0dGluZyByZWFkeSB0byBvcGVuIHRoZSBuZXcgdGVybWluYWwgYnVpbGRpbmcsIGFuZCBmb3IgdGhlIHRyaWFscyBpcyB1c2luZyBhIGZvcm1lciBFTCBBTCBCNzQyLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MjgyOQ%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0wNS0zMA%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&size=L) more (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=336819&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIDc2Ny0yLi4u&WdsYXMg=RWwgQWwgSXNyYWVsIEFpcmxpbmVz&QtODMg=VGVsIEF2aXYgKC1KYWZmYSkgLSBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIChMb2QpIChUTFYgLyBMTEJHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=SXNyYWVs&ktODMp=QXVndXN0IDIwMDI%3D&BP=0&WNEb25u=RXNoa29s&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=TGFuZGluZyBhdCBCZW4gR3VyaW9uLiBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBuZXcgdGVybWluYWwgdGhhdCBpcyB1bmRlciBjb25zdHJ1Y3Rpb24u&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NjE4NQ%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0wNC0wNQ%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&size=L) overview of the terminal and Ben Gurion airport
here: terminal (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=689769&WxsIERv=LQ%3D%3D&WdsYXMg=LQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=VGVsIEF2aXYgKC1KYWZmYSkgLSBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIChMb2QpIChUTFYgLyBMTEJHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=SXNyYWVs&ktODMp=T2N0b2JlciA5LCAyMDA0&BP=1&WNEb25u=Um9uZW4gZWNrc3RlaW4%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=R2VuZXJhbCB2aWV3IG9mIEJyYXZvIGdhdGVzIGF0IHRoZSBuZXcgVGVybWluYWwgMyBhdCBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIGFpcnBvcnQgd2hpY2ggd2lsbCBiZSBvcGVuZWQgb24gbm92ZW1iZXIgMm5kLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MzY3OA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0xMC0xMw%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&size=L) :applause:

LOL :lol: Ness Ziona was called a town 10 years ago... :lol:

:lol: That's funny, since it's not even a town now, more like a village. :lol:



















:colgate: :jk:









and the terminal? well, evryone speaks so much about it, I am afraid that when I'll have to fly, I'll be actually disappointed! :) :)

ROFL @ Azazel for the nes Ziona remark

Congratulations and Mabuhay Israel!!! There is even a direct railway connection to Central Tel Aviv.

The new Terminal in Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv was opened today, heres some pictures which were taken today:
http://wmh.walla.co.il/archive/123787-5.gif
http://wmh.walla.co.il/archive/123784-5.gif
http://wmh.walla.co.il/archive/123785-5.gif

That's soooo amazing :)

Please post more pictures :)

That thing is beautiful. :b:

...
I believe to have read elsewhere that trials are underway at the old terminal aready to do away with the questioning and scan luggage "behind the scenes", at least for El Al flights. That would speed up the check in process and unclutter the departures areas.
Has that been scrapped for the new building then?

Yes, that's correct and I do believe for all flights. What happenend is that they got into major technical difficulties with the new hitech scanning equipment and implementation has been delayed for a couple of years last I heared. Also, supposoudly someone forgot to leave enough space for this new equipment in the rear area, however, they had made a change order to the plan (at rather steep cost) to accomodate these machines in the rear area while the terminal was under construction. However, because of the technical difficulties it will take much longer to implement than originally thought.

new pics from the terminal
pics natbag2000 (http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/Viewmsg.asp?forum=442&msgid=41921767)

Thanks :)
http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/41716336.jpg

Has nobody gone down to the airport and taken some pictures from the outside of planes at the new gates? Am I going to have to wait for someone at airliners.net to take a picture from a plane that's taking off of the new Terminal with some actual planes at the gates?

I'm currently working on the internet campaign for the new terminal (I'll show you the banner when it is finished ;) ), so they sent lots of material to work with .
Nothing new but some high quality photo :

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/397/1878644.jpg

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/2117/1878645.jpg

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/6101/18786411.jpg

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/7366/18786416_L_y.jpg

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/5221/1878641_L_y.jpg

http://img29.exs.cx/img29/5916/1878649.jpg

http://img28.exs.cx/img28/9972/18786419_L_y.jpg

Last picture looks so bright :)

That water fall is simply beautiful...way to go Israel

really beautiful airport..but in my opinion it needs abit more color...
i believe that they will still change alot of things over there in the next few months

@Telavivi: That's better. How about some pics of the planes parked at the new gates.

go nick...
if you want you can enter the airport's site and see it your self...
http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion
there ya go mate
the english site

Absolutely fantastic! The last time I travelled to Israel was in May 2000. The old Ben Gurion terminal was too small and cramped. I can't wait to go back some day.....
The new terminal is truly marvelous!!! Way to go, Israel!!!

some pics from the airport here:
pay attention to pics no. 5,6,7natbag pics (http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/Viewmsg.asp?forum=394&msgid=42126414)

@Telavivi: That's better. How about some pics of the planes parked at the new gates.

Here you go, these are from Tapuz (Israeli forum) (http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/Viewmsg.asp?forum=1151&msgid=42200215)

http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/42127060.jpg

http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/42422135.jpg

http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/42422369.jpg

And here's a cool movie about the construction of the terminal
from the IAA web site :

Click Here (http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/Controls/MoviePopUp.aspx?sProjectName=Rashat&sCurrentSite=BenGurion&sSiteGroup=Airports&WindowWidth=550&WindowHeight=550&MediaURL=40422)

what a beautiful airport, i really feel very proud of it, I old one used to be very ugly, i didn't represented the quality of teal aviv... does this new airport sets near the old one?

what a beautiful airport, i really feel very proud of it, I old one used to be very ugly, i didn't represented the quality of teal aviv... does this new airport sets near the old one?

Yes, it's actually the new part of the same airport - Ben Gurion Airport.

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/5812/bengurion.jpg

im going to Israel in 3 weeks or so....so ill see the new terminal
but i think people are making just abit too much noise about the terminal...ill see what its worth and tell ya

Yeah, tell me what its worth YuMi! Im gonna pass there in a month or two myself!

Where do you live YuMi?

Where do you live YuMi?

Heaven on earth.

Heaven on earth.

:lol:

Don't delete my post you bastard. I'm entitled to my opinion.

Don't delete my post you bastard. I'm entitled to my opinion.

You are entitled to your opinion but it has absolutely no place on this forum.

No fendango, you are not entitled to express your opinion in places where it doesnt belong. Ive told you that many times, any forum law breaking would lead to a consequence and post deleting is just one of them, dont provoke, offend and break forum rules and your post wont be deleted. Good day

If it's about Israel and airports, then it belongs in this thread. As for offensive, you're lucky not many non Israelis enter this forum because alot of the threads would offend them.

new overview pics
pic2 (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=730768&WxsIERv=LQ%3D%3D&WdsYXMg=LQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=VGVsIEF2aXYgKC1KYWZmYSkgLSBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIChMb2QpIChUTFYgLyBMTEJHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=SXNyYWVs&ktODMp=RGVjZW1iZXIgOSwgMjAwNA%3D%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=Um9uZW4gZWNrc3RlaW4%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=T3ZlcnZpZXcgb2YgdGhlIG5ldyB0ZXJtaW5hbCAzIGF0IFRMVi4gTm90ZSB0aGUgYWlyY3JhZnQgd2hpY2ggaGFzIGp1c3QgZGVwYXJ0ZWQgcnVud2F5IDMw&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MjQ5Mg%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0xMi0xMQ%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChkYXRlc3RhbXAgPiAnMjAwNC0xMi0wNicpICBvcmRlciBieSB2aWV3cyBkZXNj&photo_nr=75&size=L)

new overview picspic1 (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=730769&WxsIERv=LQ%3D%3D&WdsYXMg=LQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=VGVsIEF2aXYgKC1KYWZmYSkgLSBCZW4gR3VyaW9uIChMb2QpIChUTFYgLyBMTEJHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=SXNyYWVs&ktODMp=RGVjZW1iZXIgOSwgMjAwNA%3D%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=Um9uZW4gZWNrc3RlaW4%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=T3ZlcnZpZXcgb2YgdGhlIG5ldyB0ZXJtaW5hbCAzIGF0IFRMVi4%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MjYzMQ%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0xMi0xMQ%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChkYXRlc3RhbXAgPiAnMjAwNC0xMi0wNicpICBvcmRlciBieSB2aWV3cyBkZXNj&photo_nr=69&size=L)

Fantastic

I wonder how on-topic was your message, fandango...

Answering him isnt the smartest thing to do either azazel...

I would love to see it...What would be a use of old BG terminals? And...what was terminal-2 for? Domestic flights (Eilat etc.)?

in the old airport terminal 1 was for international flights and T2 was for both international and domestic flights....nowadays, T2 will be demolished T1 will become to domestic flights terminal and T3 will be used for international flights.

I actually been to the new airport this week and it is really big,convinient and beautiful,,

Answering him isnt the smartest thing to do either azazel...

sorry, mom. I just asked a question.

Good boy *pats you*

This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful airport terminal building in the world. No other city comes even close. It actually reminds me of a great archaeological museum! I find most airports to be be too metallic and sterile (sorry Norman Foster...), this building looks so welcoming. And that waterfall....I can't even begin to describe that! Reminds me of the Sydney Olympic waterfall in the opening ceremony! LOL

BTW, who was the architect? Israeli?

SOM made the concept design of the airport extension project (terminal 3),
local Israeli architects made the practice detailed design of the terminal.
Karmi architects designed the air side terminal.
Lissar Eldar architects designed tha land side terminal.
SOM site (http://www.som.com/opener.cfm)

Really so impressive design. I like this airport. Actually I don't know how big it is, but no matter what size it has, it is really so cool.

Ok I just been there yesterday (came back from europe) and this thing is HUGE... I travel alot and I never walked so much from the plane to the passport check in my life lol...but its really pretty tho

Very Beautiful and Very Big Airport. Does it have a train inside going on to every gates just ?

There is an underground train station in the airport yes

remember this is only phase A , phase B would look like that:
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/9453/natbagnew5pv.jpg

i'm just wandering, what is that circular thing at the middle. is that a satellite dish?

Its the main square in the airport, thats where most of the duty free stores are at... (the place with the huge waterfall)

new aerial pic

http://img135.exs.cx/img135/2713/tlv6eo.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Great Pic!!!

Yes, great photo /\

Wow,what a beauty
!!

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2790/8558912md.jpg

some more pics

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/1197/041110bengurion38xe.jpg

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/7984/041110bengurion23ku.jpg

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8413/041110bengurion11xn.jpg