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Dubai Reaches For World's Largest Airport Crown by Nobody: 9:28pm On Oct 31, 2014
Chicago O’Hare International Airport recently made headlines when it overtook Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to become the world’s busiest airport in terms of overall air traffic. O’Hare saw more than 585,000 takeoffs and landings during the first eight months of 2014. Hartsfield-Jackson was close behind at 582,138.

Dubai International Airport is already one of the world’s busiest hubs, handling about 50 million passengers each year. In addition to being the largest airport in the booming UAE, it is also a major layover destination for people flying between Europe, Africa and Asia.

Despite its impressive traffic figures, Dubai International is not slated to receive any major additions. The most ambitious airport expansion project to date will take place at Dubai’s now modest secondary airport, Al Maktoum International, which is also referred to by the name of the development that will surround it: Dubai World Central.

The plans is to make Al Maktoum the world’s largest airport in terms of sheer area by 2020. It will be able to accommodate 120 million passengers per year — 30 million more than Atlanta or Chicago, both of which are operating near capacity. Plans call for eventually expanding Al Maktoum to an annual capacity of 200 million fliers if demand is high enough.

Despite these lofty goals, the airport just started accepting commercial flights in 2013. Before then, it was used exclusively for cargo planes. Al Maktoum is 23 miles outside Dubai, so ground transportation infrastructure is included in the development plans.

Dubai World Central might seem like another over-the-top project — for which Dubai and Abu Dhabi frequently earn headlines. These unbelievably rich kingdoms seem obsessed with superlatives: tallest building, biggest mall, etc. Despite the initial price tag on the Dubai World Central expansion (which runs into tens of billions of U.S. dollars), the project makes more economic sense than almost any other development to date in the rapidly growing UAE

In addition to the airport, which will be able to accommodate 100 giant Airbus A380s simultaneously, the development will have malls, residential areas, hotels, conference venues, and even a golf course and theme park. It sounds like a showstopper, but a peek at the numbers reveals the practical side of the project. Dubai officials hope the airport will provide 322,000 jobs by 2020. It's estimated that the airport could account for as much as 28 percent of Dubai’s GDP. Even without the expansion, commercial aviation is extremely important to Dubai. The industry provides more than 200,000 jobs and accounts for $22 billion in annual income.

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/dubai-reaches-for-worlds-largest-airport-crown#ixzz3HkxYzCYr
Re: Dubai Reaches For World's Largest Airport Crown by Nobody: 9:34pm On Oct 31, 2014
According to the website, The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, the best airports in the world are:

Changi Airport - Singapore

Incheon International Airport - South Korea

Helsinki Airport - Finland

Munich Airport - Germany

Vancouver International Airport - Canada

Kuala Lumpur International Airport - Malaysia

Hong Kong International Airport - Hong Kong

Tokyo Haneda International Airport - Tokyo

Schiphol Amsterdam Airport - Netherlands

Zurich Airport - Switzerland.
Re: Dubai Reaches For World's Largest Airport Crown by kingsken29: 8:14pm On Dec 04, 2015
Largest airportTop Largest Airport in the World|world busiest airport

At this very moment we are going to be sharing with you the top largest airport in the world. It has always been noted that, air transportation is actually turning into the largest piece of transplantation because as it is,have it at the front of your mind that, there are different or various kinds of beautiful and magnificent airport all over the world.

But we are going to be laying emphasis on the top largest airport in the world.It occur to me that different people from all part of the world are making a trip rest to all part of the world for different reason. www.nigeriangist.com.ng will be presenting to you the list of top largest airport in the world.

List Of Top Largest Airport in the World|world busiest airport
1. King Fahd International Airport

This Ruler Fahd International Airport located at northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia is the world largest airport. It is operated by General Authority of Civil Aviation, and it has a zone of 78000 ha.

It has a six-story terminal and three of its terminal has allocated for traveler handling. The third level for landings, the fourth level is for boarding and the 6th level is for flights while a Royal terminal is held for Saudi Royal Family, government prominent personnel and authority visitors.

2. Denver International Airport

This International Airport has a range of 13726 ha and it is the second largest in the world and the largest airport in United States. Denver International Airport is the inside for boss carriers like United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Great Lakes Airlines.
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Re: Dubai Reaches For World's Largest Airport Crown by Afam4eva(m): 8:27pm On Dec 04, 2015
These Asians sha. They have embarked on more ambitious projects in recent times. Nigerians are still building bua terminals in the name of airport. I don't know when we will sit down and plan for the future.

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