DXB Southern Runway Restoration Project 2019
May 20, 2019, 5:13 pm
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DXB Southern Runway Restoration Project 2019
Will be interesting to see how many frames are parked at DWC after they finish up with the runway restoration project.
May 22, 2019, 4:43 pm
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May 22, 2019, 5:13 pm
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May 22, 2019, 10:33 pm
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Yes it has. It started back in April.
May 23, 2019, 2:14 am
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May 23, 2019, 2:39 am
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I wonder if the crash of the small plane last week will delay completion as it appeared to be part of the project.
According the Gulf News "UK-based Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) are believed to be the company that owned and operated the aircraft as they had announced in November that they had won the contract to help calibrate navigation systems at Dubai Airport during runway renovation works."
According the Gulf News "UK-based Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) are believed to be the company that owned and operated the aircraft as they had announced in November that they had won the contract to help calibrate navigation systems at Dubai Airport during runway renovation works."
May 23, 2019, 2:56 am
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The calibration coincided with the runway work, but it's not clear that the one depends on the other. I wonder if they were calibrating the ILS or maybe due to the runway work and reduced air traffic were scheduled during the work but otherwise unrelated, e.g. calibrating secondary radar or VORs or something else.
Jun 2, 2019, 12:10 am
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It's widely discussed topic in Dubai.
At DWC there's a growing museum of parked EK frames.
Jun 2, 2019, 12:39 am
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The "runway restoration project" has not happened nor was going to happen. It is concocted news to disguise the fact that hard economic times have reduced load factors. Ramadan of course means even less pax. I've used DXB 12 times since the start of the so called RRP, and have seen no works
I have seen however a lot less pax arriving, departing, and transmitting than usual
At DWC there's a growing museum of parked EK frames.
