Friday, Jul 31, 2015
Dubai:Dubai Airports said it has opened a new facility for families with children’s area. The new family facility features a children’s area complete with television screens featuring children’s programming, and baby changing rooms.
The facility is located between Gates B7 and B8. The design of the area is inspiration from the Arabian Desert, with the topography of the floor similar to sand-dunes for children to walk around. There is also additional conversational style seating for families waiting for flights with a range of both individual and group seats.
In addition to the new family area, the main transfer area in Concourse B has also been expanded and refurbished, with more seating, warmer colours, green living walls and better signage, said Dubai Airports in a statement. There is a children’s security machine and images projected on the floor to allow young travellers to feel more relaxed when connecting through Dubai International. The capacity of the transfer area has been increased to accommodate more passengers during peak periods.
“We recognise that passengers waiting for a flight have valuable time that they would like to put to good use, be it catching up with work, sharing a meal with friends, shopping or spending time with family. These new facilities are the first of a series of changes we are making across the terminals at Dubai International to create welcoming spaces for the comfort and convenience of our customers,” said Chris Garton, Executive Vice President operations at Dubai Airports, in a statement.
Other enhancements include redesigned washrooms which now offer spacious and comfortable baby changing facilities and nursery areas, as well as unique products such as family toilets,and innovative screens next to mirrors providing passengers information about flights.
Staff Reporter
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