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The opening of the Sheikh Rashid terminal at Dubai International Airport in 2000 saw the staff count at the various Dubai Duty Free locations throughout the airport rise to 900, which came with a 5,400 M 2 expansion of floor space. The turnover in 2001 rose to $222 million and in 2003, 20 years after it was established, finished off with a ...
Binhendi is a former director general of the Department of Civil Aviation of Dubai [2] [3] and former CEO of Dubai International Airport appointed in June 1979 by special decree issued by the then ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, having previously served as director of airport customs.
Dubai Airports owns and operates Dubai International Airport, currently ranked first in the world for passenger traffic and sixth in cargo traffic. Dubai Airports is also developing Dubai World Central (DWC), 35 km south of central Dubai, as part of a 148 sq km "Aerotropolis". Construction of the first phase of the project was completed in June ...
The airport now has just two runways, like Dubai International Airport. Al Maktoum International Airport, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) away from DXB, opened in 2010 with one terminal. It served ...
Dubai Duty Free – the company responsible for the duty-free operations at Dubai International Airport. DDF became the largest airport retailer in the world in terms of sales in 2012. [6] DDF represents over 5% of global duty-free sales, [7] generating 2014 revenues of $1.91 billion [8] and 2016 revenues of $1.85 billion. [9]
As airline passengers endure a fourth day of travel chaos at the world’s biggest international air hub Dubai, Emirates has told travellers they cannot check in until 1am on Saturday British time ...
Dubai Duty Free recorded more than 23.5 million transactions in 2012. [297] As of August 2009, Dubai Duty Free was the biggest single airport retail operation in the world ahead of London's Heathrow and Seoul's Incheon airports. [citation needed]
Al Maktoum's career in the aviation industry began in 1985 when he was appointed president of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) (the governing body which oversaw the activities of Dubai International and Dubai Duty Free). Emirates, the national carrier, was launched at the same time, with Al Maktoum appointed chairman. [5] [7] [8] [9]