The second largest airport in the world
Open in 1960 The Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the second most busy airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic. In 2024, the total number of passengers who took advantage of it over 92 millionand only the American Atlanta had more. In turn, taking into account only international passenger traffic, DXB wins.
Experts for years, however, paid attention to bandwidth restrictions and the need to build a new facility. Therefore, last year, the United Arab Emirates government finally decided to start work on the construction of the Dubai World Central airport. The plans also include the expansion of the underground railway system in DWC, which is to improve the movement of passengers.
Expensive giant
Dubai World Central will be located 40 km south-west of city. The costs are horrendous – it is expected that Construction will consume up to $ 35 billion. Even for ZAA, one of the richest countries of the region, this is a considerable amount. Al Maktoum International Airport (another name for DWC) has been limited since 2010 in trade and passenger flights.
The numbers regarding the target object are undoubtedly impressive. According to the plan The new port will occupy an area of 70 km2 and has 5 passenger terminals and 400 goals. It will also be the base for Emirates state lines and the largest global design of this kind.
Gradual transfer
The whole construction process will take a while, and the aerial traffic will be transferred there gradually with DXB over the next 10 years. In the first stage, the new airport will be able to accept 150 million travelers a year, but it will finally be up to 260 million passengers.
More information was provided by the president of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffiths. – Currently, the plan assumes that GDy DWC Airport will have sufficient capacity, we will move all air operations with DXB. It doesn't make much sense that two large hubs operate so close to each other – he said.
Modernity in every inch
At the time when the new airport is put into use, the infrastructure on the old one may already be outdated. – At the time of closing the DXB airport, his each element will be close to the end of its period of useso from an economic point of view, the further maintenance of this airport would involve investing huge money in it, “Giffiths explained.
At the moment, the exact schedule is not known, though It is unofficially mentioned that the new DWC terminal will be opened in 2032and its development will continue until the middle of the age. The transfer will certainly be a complicated process. – We look at such examples as Hong Kong, when the Kai Airport YES was closed and the operations were moved to the new airport for Chek Lap Kok. At that time, however, KAI supported only 20 million passengers, which is six times less than we closed, which means that this process will definitely take a while – notes the president of Dubai Airports. However, the DXB area will be developed and in the future it can be changed into an apartment building.
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Sources: Gulf Business, Standard, Fly4free