Tag: Airports

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Dubai International, the world’s second busiest hub for international passengers, has been named as the Airport of the Year at the seventh Aviation Business Awards (ABAs) 2013.

Airlines in the Middle East will need 2,610 new airplanes over the next 20 years, worth an estimated US$550 billion, Boeing forecasts.

Emirates concedes disruptions to its worldwide network will be inevitable next year, due to urgent runway repairs at Dubai Airport, but has yet to determine the extent of the impact on routes to Australia.

Dubai Airports conducted an operational trial involving some 1,200 Dubai residents on Saturday to test the readiness of the passenger terminal building at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) in advance of its opening later this month.

Dubai International airport, which is being expanded to handle 90 million passengers a year, could be shut in coming decades to focus traffic on a new super-hub under construction with as much as twice that capacity.

The third medical centre that can see up to 1,200 patients a month was opened at Dubai Airport (Concourse A) on Tuesday. The centre has been established to meet the growing need for medical services as passenger movement through the airport grows, said officials.

A record 5.8 million passengers passed through Dubai International airport in March, the highest since August 2012, driven mainly by the Western European routes launched by Emirates and Flydubai.

Etihad Rail – the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network – today announced the arrival at Mussafah Port of the first two of seven locomotivesto be shipped to the UAE

Dubai International was yesterday confirmed as the world's second-busiest airport for international passenger traffic, overtaking Charles de Gaulle in Paris for the first time. Since the start of the year, Dubai International has moved up two positions in the global rankings of the Airports Council International (ACI) monthly traffic report.