As passenger demand continues to expand at an exponential rate, Dubai Airports wants to replace the busiest airport in the world, Dubai International (DXB), with an even larger one, its chief executive officer Paul Griffiths announced on Wednesday during the ongoing Dubai Airshow 2023.
“We will require a new airport once we reach approximately 120 million passengers annually, which is our estimate of when DXB (Dubai International)’s total capacity is at its highest point when everything is optimized. That will need to occur somewhere in the 2030s, according to Griffiths, who spoke to AFP.
This is in line with Dubai Airports’ projection that DXB will see 86.8 million passengers year, exceeding 2019 estimates as record-breaking numbers were anticipated to persist into the last quarter of 2023.
The DXB can currently handle 100 million passengers annually, but with the help of new technology, renovations, and more effective use of available space and resources, it may be able to handle 120 million.
It makes sense that Al Maktoum International ought to be much bigger and better (than Dubai International),” he remarked. Since we are taking the long view on this project, it will last well into the 2050s.”
Because those under two years of lockdown were unable to travel, we always knew that there would be an equal and robust recovery when the epidemic struck.
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