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Mohammed tours DWC
The new airport set to start passenger operations in March 2011 will serve 160 million passengers annually.The briefing was led by senior officials, which included Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
Sheikh Ahmed said DWC- Al Maktoum International will start passenger operations in March 2011, with its plan of serving 160 million people annually once complete.
Designed to have a capacity of more than 12m tonnes of cargo each year, the airport will feature a single A380 compatible runway, a cargo terminal building and a road link to Jebel Ali port. Aside from this, DWC- Al Maktoum International will also boast five parallel runways, two terminals and six concourses.
The first phase has been confined to freight traffic, with a capacity to handle 250,000 tonnes annually.
Sheikh Ahmed said earlier the capacity of the current Dubai airport stands at 65m passengers, and should increase to 75m in 2012 with the completion of the third concourse that will be exclusively used by the A380 superjumbos.
Emirates, the largest Middle East carrier, had earlier this month reinforced its status as the largest single customer of the Airbus A380, by placing a new order for 32 units worth $11.5 billion.
The order made in Berlin brought Emirates' total orders of the superjumbo jet to 90 units, 10 of which are already in service
© Emirates Business 24/7 2010
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