Dubai Opens New Airport With First Cargo Flights - Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International (DWC

Titlu: Dubai Opens New Airport With First Cargo Flights
Sursa: http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1277717124.html
Autor: Reuters
Data: 28.06.2010

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Dubai opened what is planned to become the world's largest airport on Sunday, starting with cargo operators, making the emirate a two-airport city, as it aspires to build itself into a global logistics hub.

Dubai Airports, the company overseeing airport projects in the emirate, said in a statement Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International (DWC) started with three cargo flights operated by Rus Aviation, Skyline and Aerospace Consortium, with 13 other freight carriers signed up.

Phase one of DWC includes one runway capable of handling Airbus A380 superjumbos, 64 remote stands, one cargo terminal with capacity for 250,000 tonnes of cargo annually and a passenger terminal building capable of handling 5 million passengers a year.

When completed, the airport will have five runways, up to four terminal buildings and the capacity for 12 million tonnes of freight and 160 million passengers a year.

Completion of the USD$10.9 billion project is estimated to take 10 to 15 years.

Passenger flights are planned to begin at the end of March 2011, subject to IATA schedule changes, it said.

Aviation accounts for about 25 percent of Dubai's GDP, Sheikh Ahmed said in May. The emirate's first airport, Dubai International, has the capacity to handle 2.5 million tonnes of cargo, while volumes are expected to increase by 48 percent to 3 million tonnes by 2015, the company said.

"On the passenger side, we expect to see numbers skyrocket from the 41 million that passed through Dubai International in 2009 to 98 million by 2020 and 150 million by 2030," said Paul Griffiths, chief executive of Dubai Airports.

Dubai International is the fourth-largest airport globally for international passenger traffic, Dubai Airports said.

Signed up cargo carriers include Aban Air, ACI, Aviation Service Management, Coyne Airways, EuroAsian Services, Gatewick, Ramjet, Reem Style, Rial Aviation, Sonic Jet, SunGlobal.

"DWC opened today with 15 cargo airlines signed up and we expect that number to increase steadily over the next few months," Griffiths said.

Titlu: Cel mai mare aeroport din lume se construieste in Dubai. VEZI Video
Sursa: Dailybusiness
Autor: ***
Data: 18.08.2010

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Aeroportul din Dubai, Al Maktoum International Airport, va deveni cel mai mare din lume dupa capacitatea de transport marfa, de 12 mil. tone pe an, pana in 2013 iar zborurile cu pasageri vor fi demarate in martie 2011.
Planurile celui mai indatorat emirat din federatie continua in ciuda crizei mondiale sau a propriilor datorii.

Pe 24 februarie 2010, dezvoltatorii aeroportului au anuntat ca acesta se va deschide pe 27 iunie 2010 si va derula initial doar operatiuni cu aeronave de marfa, conform Wikipedia.

Prima cursa pe acest aeroport a avut loc pe 20 iunie 2010, cand un avion al Emirates SkyCargo a aterizat dupa un zbor de la Hong Kong.

De asemenea, pana in 2017, cand se estimeaza ca va fi finalizat complet, aeroportul va putea primi pana la 120 de milioane de pasageri pe an.

Costurile de constructie ale aeroportului ce se intinde pe o suprafata de 140 de km patrati se ridica la 30 de mld. dolari, conform money.ro.

In jurul aeroportului se va construi Dubai World Central, prima platforma aeroportuara integrata din lume, de fapt un oras in care se vor gasi inclusiv restaurante, mall-uri, un urias centru de expozitii si chiar un ultraluxos teren de golf.