Dubai’s Airport of the Future

The Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central is slated to be Dubai’s airport of the future and is at the heart of a mega project budgeted at a cost of US$32 billion by 2020. Besides the added conveniences and streamlined processes for passengers, i

Dubai, the aviation hub for airlines worldwide by virtue of its wonderful location, is where all the frenzy originates from. It is also where a humungous number of business travellers are alighting, taking off, or transiting. With traffic reaching a historic 66.4 million in 2013, Dubai International is among the top two busiest airports for international passengers on Airports Council International’s list. In fact, according to Airports, “We are expecting about 126 million passengers to pass through our gates by 2020 and at least 300 million by 2050, if everything else goes well. To accommodate this growing traffic, we are ensuring that we also grow our airports and have the facilities