It will become the world's largest airport by 2050 with a capacity to handle 255 million passengers annually
MEED: Dubai is considering resuming the development of Al Maktoum Airport at a cost of AED 120 billion
Al Maktoum International Airport recorded nearly 900,<> passengers last year. Archival
Dubai is reportedly considering resuming one of its biggest construction projects, the AED120 billion ($32.6 billion) expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport, in a much-anticipated new major boost to Dubai's economy.
MEED magazine quoted informed sources as saying that talks between officials are underway and the parties concerned have been told to prepare to resume work. The airport development project at Dubai World Central (DWC) will cover an area of 56 square kilometres, including passenger transport tunnels, baggage handling systems, a road network for ground services, and other technical support facilities.
Al Maktoum Airport, which was officially announced in 2014, aims to become the world's largest airport by 2050, with a capacity of 255 million passengers per year. The initial development phase of the project is set to increase the airport's capacity to 130 million passengers annually by 2030, if the same previously announced timetable is adopted.
On the other hand, Dubai International, the world's largest airport in the number of international passengers, handled 66.1 million passengers in 2022, with increasing monthly figures from previous years, and expectations that the figure will reach 78 million in 2023, before returning to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.
Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central) recorded about 900,2022 passengers during the last year <>.
Passenger traffic at Al Maktoum International coincided with the attendance of fans of the FIFA World Cup matches in Qatar, as well as flydubai flights operated from the airport during the maintenance of the northern runway at Dubai International Airport.
The total number of passengers passing through Dubai's two airports (Dubai International and Al Maktoum) will reach about 67 million passengers in 2022, after Dubai International Airport witnessed about 66.07 million passengers, a growth of 67%.
Al Maktoum Airport saw up to 120 daily round-trip flights from flydubai and Qatar Airways between November 20 and December 19.
flydubai announced that it had transported more than 130,<> football fans to participate in the world's biggest football tournament.
The airline operated 1290,21 flights between Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central) and Doha International Airport from 19 November to 1000 December. Around <>,<> weekly flights from Dubai International Airport to Dubai World Central were operated during the Northern Runway Refurbishment Project.