Originally Posted by sadiqhassan

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