After the Opening of T4 & T4S (Europe´s biggest terminals) , The Spanish Aiprort Uthority (aena) has announced that will remoddeliing in 2007 the old terminals to improve the service quility and give them a better look.
After the expansion Madrid is overtaking already Amsterdam in number of passenger to became the 4th airport in europe now with a capcity of 80 milllion passenger ( currently still at 45)

I will post the renders soon.

^^Amsterdam Schiphol has still got more passenger than Madrid Barajas airport, look at the most recent statistics:
;)
This is the current top 100 (May'05-May'06). Figures are '000 passenger.

1...Atlanta 84,166
2...Chicago (ORD) 76,934
3...London (LHR) 67,956
4...Tokyo (HND) 63,917
5...Los Angeles 61,491
6...Dallas (DFW) 60,128
7...Paris (CDG) 55,008
8...Frankfurt 52,346
9...Denver 45,397
10.Las Vegas 44,960
11Amsterdam 44,774
12.Beijing 44,221
13.Madrid 43,318
14.Hong Kong 41,826
15.Phoenix 41,636
16.Bangkok 41,504
17.Houston (IAH) 41,107
18.New York (JFK) 40,944
19.Minneapolis 36,507
20.Detroit 36,146
21.Newark 34,549
22.Orlando 34,487
23.Singapore 33,658
24.San Francisco 33,512
25.London (LGW) 33,347
26.Miami 31,734
27.Tokyo (NRT) 31,539
28.Philadelphia 31,323
29.Toronto 30,276
30.Seattle 29,690
31.Munich 29,484
32.Sydney 29,461
33.Rome (FCO) 29,064
34.Jakarta 29,058
35.Barcelona 28,292
36.Boston 27,429
37.Charlotte 27,289
38.Seoul (ICN) 26,894
39.Dubai 26,378
40.New York (LGA) 25,818
41Shanghai (PVG) 25,329
42.Paris (ORY) 25,169
43.Guangzhou 24,880
44.Washington (IAD) 24,867
45.Mexico City 24,595
46.Kuala Lumpur 23,759
47.Manchester 22,867
48.London (STN) 22,740
49.Taipei 22,254
50.Salt Lake City 21,934
51.Fort Lauderdale 21,886
52.Istanbul 21,811
53.Palma de Mallorca 21,526
54.Melbourne 21,340
55.Baltimore 20,661
56.Copenhagen 20,614
57.Milan (MXP) 20,484
58.Cincinnati 19,781
59.Dublin 19,459
60.Mumbai 19,218
61.Tampa 19,021
62.Chicago (MDW) 18,725
63.Shanghai (SHA) 18,585
64.Fukuoka 18,561
65.Washington (DCA) 18,262
66.Zurich 18,184
67.Osaka (ITM) 18,139
68.Sao Paulo (CGH) 18,093
69.Sapporo 17,860
70.Stockholm 17,593
71.Sao Paulo (GRU) 17,516
72.San Diego 17,515
73.Shenzhen 17,239
74.New Delhi 17,074
75.Vancouver 16,737
76.Oslo 16,563
77.Osaka (KIX) 16,480
78.Manila 16,466
79.Brussels 16,400
80.Vienna 16,366
81.Brisbane 16,358
82.Johannesburg 16,267
83.Dusseldorf 15,887
84.Antalya 15,514
85.Chengdu 15,152
86.St Louis 15,127
87.Moscow (DME) 14,558
88.Oakland 14,364
89.Athens 14,344
90.Portland 13,856
91.Naha 13,763
92.Jeddah 13,686
93.Seoul (GMP) 13,592
94.Malaga 12,819
95.Moscow (SVO) 12,388
96.Nagoya 11,930
97.Berlin (TXL) 11,665
98.Jeju 11,636
99.Lisbon 11,612
100.Cleveland 11,478
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It depends on what statistics are you talking about, if you post the ones for 2006, Madrid has overpassed Amsterdam.

Madrid Barajas January-July 2006: 25.710.627 passengers.
Amsterdam Schipol January-July: passengers.

(I dont know exactly the number of passengers from January-July 2006 in Schipol, I am searching for them, I'll post it later, but I am sure there are less in Amsterdam than in Madrid between those dates)

A nice promo movie of 3 minutes of the new Barajas Airport Terminal 4 @ Madrid:

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-3079309382668834508&q=barajas

great airport:)

It depends on what statistics are you talking about, if you post the ones for 2006, Madrid has overpassed Amsterdam.

Madrid Barajas January-July 2006: 25.710.627 passengers.
Amsterdam Schipol January-July: passengers.

(I dont know exactly the number of passengers from January-July 2006 in Schipol, I am searching for them, I'll post it later, but I am sure there are less in Amsterdam than in Madrid between those dates)
Although Madrid is growing fast and it is doing very well, it has not overtaken Amsterdam in the list yet:

http://www.grup-10.com/bcn-airport50-junio.htm
;)
From June 2005 to June 2006:

10th Amsterdam Schiphol: 45,056,272 passengers
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13th Madrid Barajas: 43,684,210 passengers
:okay:

Bitxofo te repites un poco, lee bien lo que me quoteas, q repites la misma historia y estamos hablando de estadisticas diferentes. Tu me hablas del ultimo año y yo del 2006 solo, asi q averigua los pasajeros de schiphol de enero a septiembre y los de barajas y me dices cual va primero.

Amazing airport for an amazing city. I guess it will soon take over Schiphol Amsterdam in terms of passengers.

:cheers2:

great Video!! I can´t wait to finally set foot on this masterpiece

Excelente video, ademas de escelente aeropuerto. Espero algun dia un vuelo Tijuana-MAdrid, nosotros los conectaremos a Mexico, y ustedes nos podrian conectar a Europa.

Best Public Space 2006
Madrid Barajas International Airport
By Richard Rogers Partnership

http://www.travelandleisure.com/designawards/images/da_2006_publicspace.jpg

In this dramatic new airport terminal, the ceiling—rolling sine waves of bamboo-clad steel—is held up by brightly painted columns, and there's sunlight everywhere. Rogers's design is "reminiscent of a sailboat or a classic ship," the jury remarked. "There's a lightness to it—a buoyancy." From arrival halls to check-in, from security to departure, spaces are clearly organized and easy to navigate, unified by the soaring central corridor.

http://www.travelandleisure.com/designawards/publicspace.cfm


Wallpaper's Best New Airport
http://www.dexigner.com/forum/uploads/post-92-1139426550.jpg
Its other virtues aside, architect Richard Rogers' Madrid's Barajas Airport is a breathtaking study in the use of light and space...more:http://www.wallpaper.com/design/1098



RIBA (Royal Institut of British Architects) European Award winner 2006:
Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Co-architect: Estudio Lamela
Client: AENA
http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Also/Awards_5439.html
The building presents a straightforward linear diagram, in the form of a clear sequence of spectacular spaces for both departing and arriving passengers. The parallel linear floor planes are separated from each other by dramatic, light-filled canyons across which bridges span.

A restrained and functional approach is consistently applied to great effect, resulting in a visually clean, remarkably uncluttered and soothing environment.

http://www.architecture.com/imageLibrary/jpeg330/11349.jpg



MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT VIDEO

English: http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-3079309382668834508&q=barajas

Spanish: http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-5989384743114257077&q=barajas+t4

Terminal 4 is INCREDIBLE!!! :yes:

However it is only one part of the airport. The majority of airlines that serve Barajas are still operating out of this:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g231/mrfusion1/MBA.jpg
Google Earth

It will take more than "cosmetic" updates to help the old terminals. :toilet:

The thread title says that the airport is "expanding" and there is no mention of expansion here. Are there plans to replace T1 T2 T3 with a new terminal that have not been mentioned?

:grouphug:

They are going to be completely remodeled, so each one of them can handle international flights. Interiors and exteriors are going to have major cosmetic work, using new materials so they look like they were just built.

T4 is used by (AERLINGUS, AEROFLOT, AIR ALGERIE, AIR NOSTRUM, AIR SENEGAL, AMERICAN AIRLINES, AIR CAIRO, AVIANCA, BRITISH AIRWAYS, CATHAY PACIFIC, CSA CZECH AIRLINES, EGYPT AIR, EL AL, FINNAIR, IBERIA, IBERWORLD, JAPAN AIRLINES, LAN CHILE, LAN ECUADOR, LUXAIR, MAERSK AIR, MALEV HUNGARIAN AIRLINES, OLYMPIC AIRLINES, QATAR AIRWAYS, ROYAL AIR MAROC, ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES, SN BRUSSELS AIRLINES, STERLING, SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES, TAROM, TRANPORTES AEREOS DE CABO VERDE, TURKISH AIRLINES, UKRANIE INTERNATIONAL, VIRGIN EXPRESS and VUELING) a few less airlines than T1, T2 or T3 but it moves more than 60% of passengers in Barajas because the main airline of the Airport (IBERIA) flights to it.

Good news , the sexy airport in the world - someone called it !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6050836.stm

Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize.
The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.

It is the first time the firm has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) prize.

The prize is awarded to architects for the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year.

'Spectacular spaces'

The judges said of the design: "Whatever the means of approach, by air or by land, the sheer scale and complexity of what has been tackled and achieved here cannot be overestimated.