Originally Posted by
The Highlander
the ground services divison in Dubai Airport is appalling, the flights are never on time and all you hear when you fly through Dubai is " It will improve when the new Terminal is finished"
Although I agree that the airport situation is unacceptable, I have to admit that the reasoning is valid.
In the old old DXB airport, EK promised something new to reduce the congestion that is was experiencing. The larger (current) airport did reduce congestion and was way bigger than what EK needed, but in only a few years EK outgrew it and now needs an even bigger terminal. The reason that there is so much congestion and problems at DXB is that EK is, once again, growing too fast - and DXB cannot keep up.
I was horrified when EK started using remote stands again at DXB, but they really don't have a choice - if they want to keep expanding at their current rate.
Cheers