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Fujairah Airport and Europe Aviation have signed an agreement for a new aircraft maintenance facility. Officials said construction of the new facility will begin in a few weeks and is expected to be complete within 18 months. It is estimated the cost of the new facility will be about Dh 50 million and create 300 new jobs, most of which will be filled through the UAE job market. Fujairah Airport Director Dr.…
A top government official said Egypt will proceed with its planned Dh4.14 billion ($6.3 billion Egyptian pounds) airport expansion despite the global economic crisis and slowdown in aviation activities around the world. 4.3 billion will be spent on three new airports which will have a combined 10 million passenger capacity. An official with Cairo Airport Company said the three new airports are Burg El Arab…
A top official with the Fujairah International Airport (FIA) said they expect to receive three new airlines by the end of this year. The airports General Manager said talks regarding transporting passengers from the airport are under way now. Dr. Khaled Almazrouri said they are in an advanced stage of discussion and “the airlines will get passengers from the whole east coast including Qalba, Dibba, Khurfakan,…
Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) released data showing passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi National Airport increased 12% in April 2009 compared to the same period last year. Aircraft traffic increased 5%. London was the busiest route for the airport, followed by Bangkok, Doha, Bahrain, then Jeddah. The increase in traffic at Abu Dhabi Airport is due mainly to exhibitions and conferences in April, such as…
Dubai Airport Free Zone will add six new buildings and a hotel at a cost of Dh1.3 billion to nearly double its current capacity. Currently there are about 1,500 companies in the zone and the space need varies greatly between companies. Director General of the Dubai Airport Free Zone said more than 1,000 companies can be accommodated in the new buildings, which will occupy 100,000 square meters, or 300,000…
CEO of Dubai Airports said expanding military no fly zones and better air traffic control are necessary in order to maximize potential passenger growth at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports. Paul Griffiths talked about the need for co-operation the need cooperation at the two airports at the Airport Show 2009 conference. Also in attendance were Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Airports Company Rudy Vercelli, and…
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) said it expects to complete the new 110 meter tall air traffic control tower later this year. This will be the first project completed under the US 6.8 billion (Dh25bn) airport redevelopment plan. Chief Executive for ADAC, Rudy Vercelli, said the new airport tower “will resemble a torch in the evening”. It will be lit from the inside and be a beacon for aircraft as well as…
The expansion of the King Abdul Aziz International airport has begun and several contracts will be awarded at the end of this month. The $11.3 billion (Dh41.5) will increase the current 16 million passenger capacity to 80 million in 2025 when all phases are completed. Last year passenger growth at the airport was 6.6% compared to 2007. The runways are being increased to 4,000 meters in length and 75…
The government confirmed again that Dubai World Central will open in June 2010. Dubai World Central is a 140 square kilometer aviation and logistics city in Jebel Ali. Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation said the integrated multi-modal logistics platform in DWC will “change all known air, land, and sea transportation parameters.” Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who is also President of Dubai Civil…
The world’s busiest airport for international passengers announced an impressive 6.5% growth in passenger traffic in April. Dubai International Airport (DIA) registered 3,271435 passengers in April 2009 compared to 3,073479 for the same month last year. Airport Council International figures show that in March DIA that among the top ten airports they were the only airport to register positive growth in the…
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffith said passenger growth may increase further in the second quarter of this year, compared to its 2.3% growth in the first quarter. Griffiths said early indications are that there may be even better growth in the second quarter, although he did not specify a figure. Griffiths spoke about the airport traffic at a press conference in Dubai to promote next week’s Airport show in…
Dubai International Airport (DIA) has again won the award for Leading Airport in the Middle East at the 16th World Trade Awards (WTA) - Middle East, held in Dubai. This is the second year in a row DIA has won the award, which recognizes DIA’ consistent quality customer service. The WTA encourages competition and inspires innovation and creativity which results in higher value for travelers around the…
CEO for Dubai Airport Paul Griffith said the economic slowdown does not affect the airports long term infrastructure plans. He said development of Dubai World Central had not been affected very much by the economic slump, but they have established a more realistic timeline for completing the project. Dubai World Central is a 140 square km aviation project being built in Jeb Ali around the Al Maktoum…
CEO of Dubai International Airports (DIA), Paul Griffiths, said passenger arrival growth is “still in positive growth territory” while passenger movement at some of the world’s top ten airports fell up to 15%. Last year passenger arrivals at DIA increased 9% to 37.4 million. For the first quarter of 2009, passenger arrivals increased 2% to 9.5 million compared to the same period last year. Griffiths said…
Abu Dhabi And Dubai airports remained free of the swine flu virus through Sunday night. Passengers at these airports were screened by thermal cameras. Sharjah international airport is scheduled to install thermal imaging cameras within two days. The medical clinic at Abu Dhabi International Airport reported that of the thousands of passengers scanned buy thermal cameras, ten had high temperatures, but tested…
King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has halted incoming flights from counties affected by swine flu. Director General of the airport, Khaled Al-Medhel, said the flights were stopped as a precautionary measure. This move comes as the World Health Organization raised the global flu alert to level 5, which is the second highest level indicating a pandemic is imminent. Flights to King Fahd…
Chief Operating Officer for Al Jabber Engineering and Contracting said yesterday they won a Dh3.4 billion contract to build Concourse 3 at Dubai International Airport. Fatima Obaid Al Jaber said they signed the contract on Monday and the execution period is 2 ½ years. Concourse 3 is scheduled to open in 2011, boosting the airports passenger capacity from the initially planned 70 million per year to 80 million…
Air Traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport increased 7.9% in March compared to the same month last year according to a report by Abu Dhabi International Airports Company Saturday. The number of passengers using the airport last month averaged 24, 833 per day and aircraft movements also increased by 4.5%. London was for the first time the airports busiest destination, followed by Doha, Bangkok, and…
