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#2101
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Is that near the Marhaba lounge? We were in there in December and you could hear lots of drilling and construction noise. That was before some ........s decided to have a Facetime call on an iPad and tell the whole lounge what they'd been doing for the weekend.
It was at that stage that I did the gentlemanly thing, and departed to the F lounge in A, leaving wife and sisters in the Marhaba.
It was at that stage that I did the gentlemanly thing, and departed to the F lounge in A, leaving wife and sisters in the Marhaba.
#2103
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#2104
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#2105
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...DXB’s traffic reached 88,242,099 passengers for the full year, up 5.5% compared to 83,654,250 passengers recorded during 2016. The airport welcomed 7,854,657 passengers in December, up 1.9% compared to 7,706,351 recorded in the same month in 2016.
#2106
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https://m.khaleejtimes.com/nation/du...lling-a-breeze
DXB terminal one gets twenty new smart gates on arrival.
DXB terminal one gets twenty new smart gates on arrival.
#2107
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https://m.khaleejtimes.com/nation/du...lling-a-breeze
DXB terminal one gets twenty new smart gates on arrival.
DXB terminal one gets twenty new smart gates on arrival.
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#2110
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#2111
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Change in visa regulations boost traffic at Dubai World Central - Emirates 24|7
Change in visa regulations boost traffic at DWC.
Change in visa regulations boost traffic at DWC.
#2113
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Germany
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DWC welcomed 904,940 passengers during 2017 compared to 850,633 passengers recorded in 2016, a robust growth of 6.4 percent.
New airports in Istanbul Beijing, Mexico will open in the coming years. Let's see how they will perform.
#2114
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DWC was build to be one of the most biggest airports in the world and after years of operation still don't even handle 1 million passenger per year and a passenger increase by rougly 50,000 is called a "boost"?
New airports in Istanbul Beijing, Mexico will open in the coming years. Let's see how they will perform.
New airports in Istanbul Beijing, Mexico will open in the coming years. Let's see how they will perform.
I can see IST overtaking DXB, and becoming everything DWC was supposed to be. Dubai has waited to long to make it's move, and it looks like Turkey has taken advantage of Dubai's miss steps.
#2115
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DWC was build to be one of the most biggest airports in the world and after years of operation still don't even handle 1 million passenger per year and a passenger increase by rougly 50,000 is called a "boost"?
New airports in Istanbul Beijing, Mexico will open in the coming years. Let's see how they will perform.
New airports in Istanbul Beijing, Mexico will open in the coming years. Let's see how they will perform.
Factsheets | Dubai Airports
I have doubts that EK will move there, but I suspect all the other airlines will be "encouraged" to.