http://khaleejtimes.ae/biz/inside.as...ction=business

Dubai to over take Heathrow by 2015 with over 75 million pax a year. The airport might even break 100 million pax before it moves to Dubai World Central.

They are expanding the airport with more concourses, etc, etc, but the real problem is the two runways. We are already getting bottle neck congestion at certain times, and its only going to get worse. The positive side is Heathrow also have two runways, so its possible to pull it off.

I believe these runways at DXB are not far apart enough for them to run independently.

Are the two main runways in Frankfurt functioning independently since they are similar to DXB excluding the third independent runway ?

A little update for you guys. ;)

http://i53.tinypic.com/149mjhg.jpg

This pic was taken from the same spot as the one above. It gives you a good idea of how far apart C3 is from C2.

Notice how C3 is starting to look like C2 day by day.

http://i51.tinypic.com/o6mfz6.jpg

Here's a pic from The Dubai Guys taken yesterday. We can see how the center section of C3 is nearing it's completion. Soon the roof of both sides will connect.

http://i51.tinypic.com/a10hh2.jpg

Wow! Looking good! Keep it up!!! ^^^

A street level view.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2h57j1y.jpg

Here's a naive question.

Why is the new terminal being continued with (I personally saw it last week) when DXB is already exceeding its capacity. Won't it make a bad thing worse?

Why not wait until the new airport is operational?

Its not a naive question at all. My personal opinion is that things are going to get worse before they get better. EK are struggling to cope with organic growth, plus the new airframes coming online.

As it is, the new terminal wont be finished by the end of next year. They have already started to make alternative plans by refurbishing the F lounge opposite Gate 122 and rumour is that they will kick all other airlines out of T1 so they can use exclusively.

Even after the no guest policy change for Golds, the J lounge in DXB is still a zoo and the wireless is completely overwhelmed, bathrooms still have queues etc etc.

Gold and Silver numbers will recede a little further (as a result of the Flex/Saver issue) - but even after all this, the airline is still posting staggering growth and the infrastructure in DXB will simply not be ready in time to meet the wave...

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai...ns-408695.html

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviatio...orsed-1.833869

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviatio...-2015-1.833891

Dubai airport expansion plan endorsed.

Lets wait until tomorrow for more details. ;)

More news article from DXB expansion plan approved. Here it is:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ansion-1-.html

http://www.thenational.ae/business/t...sion-takes-off

Thanks All.

Regards

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai...n--408781.html

Another very important bit of information I forgot to post is that Paul Griffith mentions the the purple metro line faces cancellation.

This makes every thing a little confusing because they really need that high speed connection to connect the two airports one day. All this tells me is they are not very concerned with DWC, if not putting it on the back burner.

To be honest all they have to do is find a way to add one, or two more runways at DXB, and 90 million pax a year is more than enough traffic for Dubai. They don't really need DWC so they can keep that as a smaller airport for cargo, and private jets.

First bits n peaces of information about the new expansion plan is coming out. This is a scan from Gulfnews thats not really that good. Posting the pic a little bigger so you guys can get a better idea of whats going on.

Will keep you guys informed once more info comes out.

http://i55.tinypic.com/rwjatf.jpg

Well, the picture and all further information can also be obtained online:

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviatio...-2018-1.834499

I will not post the picture here as it is a bit too big.