Dubai airport to ease summer rush

"We have put in place a range of measures designed to maintain smooth running of the airport during the peak period. These include having extra staff to help customers, managed queueing systems, more use of technology and signage," Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports said.     

During June, July and August, the airport will experience its busiest period with 20 per cent more passengers than last summer. In 2007, the airport handled more than nine million people in the same period, he said.     

 

Dubai International has grown at an unparallelled average of over 15 per cent annually since 2002. It accounts for over 27 per cent of all passenger and aircraft movement in the Middle East and Africa region.     

The airport will open its new terminal and an associated facility mid of 2008 and another A380 specific facility in 2009, tripling its total capacity to 75 million PPA.