29/04/2024
Dubai Initiates Construction of the World's Largest Airport.
The project, which will cost $35bn, will include five parallel runways, five passenger terminals, and four aircraft gates.
It will have a capacity of 260mn passengers and 12 million tons of cargo.
Aviation is a major economic sector in Dubai; it currently contributes more than a third of the city-state’s growth in GDP.
Dubai said it would shift airport operations from Dubai International Airport to Al Maktoum International Airport "within the next 10 years."
