DUBAI’S RAPID GROWTH PROMPTS LARGE-SCALE PASSENGER FLOW TRIAL

BY MATTHEW BRACE DUBAI International Airport (DXB), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to launch a large-scale passenger flow measurement project to track the movement and activity of passengers from the second they enter the airport complex. From the airport's growth statistics, it appears the trial has not come a moment too soon; DXB is one of the fastest growing airports in the world and could become the busiest in the near future. A new report from Oxford Economics - 'Explaining Dubai's Aviation Model', released on June 2, 2011 - said that during ...


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