UAE. Abu Dhabi Airports has released behind the scenes footage of the just released Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One film, partly shot at the soon to be opened and long-awaited new Abu Dhabi International Airport Midfield Terminal.
The film’s Writer/Director Christopher McQuarrie says of the airport setting in which star Tom Cruise plays out several action scenes, “Etihad and Abu Dhabi Airports provided us with this airport that gave us this opportunity to shoot a sequence in a way one had never been done.
“It was an extraordinary, beautiful location… that looks like these giant sand dunes, so we thought what better environment for Tom to be running across. It’s epic in scale.
“It really was the biggest set we’d ever worked on.”
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Retailers and other commercial operators are now gearing up for the opening, which is expected in late 2023. Aer Rianta International-led Travel Retail Sales & Services, for example, is recruiting staff to run its perfume, cosmetics, sunglasses and fashion jewellery stores.
Lagardère Travel Retail will manage liquor & tobacco, confectionery and fine foods in partnership with Abu Dhabi Capital Group as Lagardère Capital. JCDecaux has an exclusive ten-year advertising contract; while Capi will operate five consumer technology stores and NAS the common user lounge.
In food & beverage HMSHost International, Lagardère Capital and SSP will offer a wide array of concepts. ✈
