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Positive Signs for Al Maktoum Airport

20/11/2013
Three weeks after the opening of the world’s newest airport, Al Maktoum, which serves the huge enterprise zone of Dubai World Central, things are already looking good.
 
Three weeks after the opening of the world’s newest airport, Al Maktoum, which serves the huge enterprise zone of Dubai World Central, things are already looking good.

Initially opening with only six airlines operating flights to and from the airport, the inauguration ceremony seemed to many to be a damp squib but since the first Wizz Air flight landed from Budapest, a further four airlines have committed routes to the airport with more expected to announce their allegiance over the next few weeks.

Passengers using the airport have been a mix of tourists keen to visit one of the world’s best shopping destinations, business people laying down the foundations of trade with global enterprises which have set up Middle Eastern headquarters in DWC and the curious who have flown in on special charter flights to gawp at the scale of the ongoing project.

Reports from passengers seem to indicate that the huge amounts of money spent on the airport and on testing its viability before its official opening have paid off with few, if any, delays at check in and a flawless state of the art baggage handling system that operates in the terminal’s cavernous basement.

The vast terminal building is currently uncrowded due to it running at far below its eventual capacity yet there are a full range of services available for those transiting through the airport.

Of more concern to the airport’s future is the announcement of plans to build an even bigger airport outside Istanbul which could potentially compete for hub business by the end of 2019. Until then, Al Maktoum International Airport has the scope to stake its claim as the world’s biggest and best airport and provide a means of accessing what is expected to be one of the commercial powerhouses of the Middle East.

Positive Signs for Al Maktoum Airport

20/11/2013
Three weeks after the opening of the world’s newest airport, Al Maktoum, which serves the huge enterprise zone of Dubai World Central, things are already looking good.
 
Three weeks after the opening of the world’s newest airport, Al Maktoum, which serves the huge enterprise zone of Dubai World Central, things are already looking good.

Initially opening with only six airlines operating flights to and from the airport, the inauguration ceremony seemed to many to be a damp squib but since the first Wizz Air flight landed from Budapest, a further four airlines have committed routes to the airport with more expected to announce their allegiance over the next few weeks.

Passengers using the airport have been a mix of tourists keen to visit one of the world’s best shopping destinations, business people laying down the foundations of trade with global enterprises which have set up Middle Eastern headquarters in DWC and the curious who have flown in on special charter flights to gawp at the scale of the ongoing project.

Reports from passengers seem to indicate that the huge amounts of money spent on the airport and on testing its viability before its official opening have paid off with few, if any, delays at check in and a flawless state of the art baggage handling system that operates in the terminal’s cavernous basement.

The vast terminal building is currently uncrowded due to it running at far below its eventual capacity yet there are a full range of services available for those transiting through the airport.

Of more concern to the airport’s future is the announcement of plans to build an even bigger airport outside Istanbul which could potentially compete for hub business by the end of 2019. Until then, Al Maktoum International Airport has the scope to stake its claim as the world’s biggest and best airport and provide a means of accessing what is expected to be one of the commercial powerhouses of the Middle East.