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Old Oct 13, 2017 | 4:09 am
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Originally Posted by ashivraj
Interesting - would they not rather move EK to DWC and leave the existing DXB setup for all other airlines? Appreciate DWC is (or feels) a bit more 'remote', but then EK would get first dibs on the shiny new (and bigger) airport. Plus a quicker connection to AUH if this partnership does indeed happen.
EK moving to DWC is the long term plan, or used to be. But other airlines would move first initially giving a temporary respite at DXB. DWC is being built to accommodate 4 parallel simultaneous approaches, which I think is unprecedented for an airport (not 4 parallel runways but the ability for 4 aircraft to land on all 4 at a time).
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