Originally Posted by Caloy
Just wondering, with AUH and DXB pretty close to each other, and with Dubai being the choice of most tourists (or so it seems from what I've read in most FT forums), does AUH get that much traffic? With DXB being the major airport in the UAE, and with all those jets Emirates has on order, will AUH still be a player in the near future? I'm wondering why 2 airports so close to each other are needed.
They are close enough that if you want to fly to DXB, you can fly to AUH or vv. Kinda like LHR and LGW or EWR and JFK