Dubai opened the world's largest airport

Dubai has launched operations at the airport to welcome the international Al-Maktoum, is expected to become the largest airport in the world when completed. The total cost of building a new airport an estimated $ 32.67 billion.


Another plane cheap airline Wizz Air from Budapest is the first passenger plane landed at the new airport on 27/10.
Jazeera Airways, a low-cost airline, will make daily flights between the new airport and Kuwait starting on 31/10, while the national airline of Bahrain, Gulf Air, will begin work at the Al-Maktoum airport since 8/12.

Al-Maktoum airport, close to Dubai International Airport (Dubai International), one of the busiest airports in the world, about 50 km to the south. 220 km2 large airport. It began construction in 2009 and the report said the total cost of the project estimated at $ 32.67 billion.

6/2010, the international airport, Al-Maktoum was opened for freight flights, but the operation for the passenger service was delayed several times. According to the original plan, the full passenger service is expected to begin in 2017, but the new completion date is scheduled in 2027 so the project was delayed several years because of the financial crisis areas.
The new airport is located at Dubai World Central, an economic area where the government hopes to turn into an "urban aviation".

Once completed, the airport, Al-Maktoum International will have five runways, capable welcomed about 160 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of cargo each year.

New airport "will play an important role in the future development of Dubai as a trade center, trade, transport, logistics and tourism," Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Airports, the airport operator said.

Meanwhile, Dubai International Airport has received about 57 million passengers in 2012 when it became an important stopping point for air traffic between Asia, Europe and Oceania.