The emir of the emirate of Dubai distributed simulation images of what will become Al Maktoum International Airport on Sunday. Al Maktoum now has two runways, but three more are needed. In total there must be room for 260 million passengers per year.
The biggest problem with Dubai International Airport (which also has two runways) is that it is located in the middle of residential areas and next to two highways. If the move goes ahead, there will be more room for the ‘airport of the world’ to expand.
The transfer airport will be further decorated with white ‘desert tents’ and many water features. It is expected that four hundred gates will be needed. There will be a lot of demand for housing around it, says Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. He expects that ‘a million people’ will want to live in southern Dubai by then.
The emir expressed the expectation that the move will take place within ten years. The plan has been in place for some time, but the financial crisis threw a spanner in the works.
In 2019, before the corona crisis, approximately 86.4 million passengers traveled through Dubai. This is mainly due to the dominant position on long-distance routes of Emirates airline, which flies all over the world from its home port of Dubai.
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