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When Dubai Cargo gateway was built in 1991, it was designed to handle 150,000 tonnes of cargo per year. The 300,000-square-metre complex was built at a cost of $75 million (about Dh 275.5 million) to accommodate air and sea freight growth and facilitate transshipment operations between the Indian sub-continent, South East Asia, the Far East and Europe.
Rank Airport Location Code (IATA/ICAO) Rank Change Total Cargo (tonnes) % Change 1. Hong Kong International Airport: Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China: HKG/VHHH: 4,331,976: 3.2%
Emirates SkyCargo (Arabic: الإمارات للشحن الجوي) is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] As of 2020, it is the fourth largest cargo airline worldwide in terms of the total freight tonne-kilometres flown and international freight tonne-kilometres flown.
In the same year the company had an annual sales growth of 284.2% and topped the charts of The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100. [24] In December 2011 the company was bought by Dnata World Travel which is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, based in Dubai. [25]
Dubai Airports Company was structured in 2008 to take control of Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central in Jebel Ali, Dubai International Airport, and Dubai Cargo Village. [1] In 2016, Dubai Airports started working on the expansion of the Al Maktoum International Airport, from 66,107 to 145,926 sq metres. [2]
The airport projects that international passenger and cargo traffic will increase at an average annual growth rate of 7.2% and 6.7%, respectively, and that by 2020 passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport will reach 98.5 million and cargo volumes will top 4.1 million tonnes.
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Airport name IATA [1] Location Emirate ICAO [2] Coordinates; Zayed International Airport [2] AUH Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi: ... Dubai International Airport [2] DXB Dubai: