DUBAI PUSHES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO BUILD THE WORLD’S LARGEST AIRPORT
March 1st, 2008
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
IN a bid to become a major air industry capital of the world, Dubai is investing US$13 billion in civil aviation and aerospace projects as part of a master plan that extends to 2050. Dubai International Airport (DXB), the 10th busiest in the world in 2006 according to Airports Council International, is spending US$4.5 billion on terminals and other facilities that will triple its capacity by 2009 to 75 million passengers, while the US$33 billion Dubai World Central (DWC) business and residential city will be centred around what could ...
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