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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.
In 2018 the company dnata employed over 41,000 people who provided services for 129 airports in 84 countries on six continents. The customer base of dnata consisted of more than 300 airlines and annual revenue amounted to USD 3.6 billion.
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.
It is also the busiest airport in the Middle East as of 2023, the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic as of 2023, [7] [8] the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, [9] and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight. [10]
Management of Dubai's airports and cargo gateways have been transferred to Dubai Airports Company, a separate entity from the Department of Civil Aviation. With this restructuring, the scope of the Department of Civil Aviation's activities have been narrowed to aviation regulations and permissions. [ 1 ]
Terminal 3 is an airport terminal at Dubai International Airport, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When completed and opened on 14 October 2008, it was the largest building in the world by floor area and is currently the world's largest airport terminal, with over 1,713,000 m 2 (18,440,000 sq ft) of space.
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.
Dubai Airport Freezone (commonly abbreviated as DAFZ) is a designated free economic zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, providing company formation and business setup services in Dubai. DAFZ is home to more than 2,000 registered businesses from over 20+ sectors and various industries, with 20,000+ professionals.