http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Aden International Airport to be extended, says official [The Source: .sabanews.net/hadhramaut.info - 03/04/2009]  Aden International Airport would witness expansion to be prepared for receiving 20th Gulf Football Competition that will be hosted by Yemen by end of 2010, Director of the airport Salem al-Tamimi said on Friday.In his statement to Saba, al-Tamimi said that the expansion would include new projects such as supplying arrival and departure halls at the airport with up-to-date technical equipment and extend them to receive 3,500 passengers instead of 500 passengers.A project of rehabilitating the amphitheater of the airport would be implemented to enable the airport to receive biggest planes, he said.He pointed out that the airport runs 17 international flights per week, expecting an increase in number of flights in this year at 30 percent compared to past years.It is worth mentioning that, since last year, the Yemeni government has exempted airplanes that land in the Aden airport from the navigation services fee to encourage airline companies to make Aden as one of their destinations