Acting Director of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, Engineer Mohamed Al-Fadhel has announced that the new airport project will be officially opened after the completion of the works of the first stage early January, 2015, indicating that the capacity of the first phase will be 8 million passengers and 14 million passengers in the second stage. He further said that the capacity of the project will reach about 27 million passengers in the third stage. Concluding his statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Engineer Al-Fadhel praised Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah region's interest and follow-up for this project.