Dubai International Airport
| Dubai International Airport مطار دبي الدولي | |||
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| IATA: DXB - ICAO: OMDB | |||
| Summary <tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Department of Civil Aviation</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Dubai</td></tr> | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 62 ft (19 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12L/30R | 13,124 | 4,000 | Asphalt |
| 12R/30L Closed | |||
Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is the international airport serving Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates.
The airport is a hub to Dubai's international airline, Emirates.
In 2005, the airport served 24.7 million passengers.
Dubai International Airport will be complemented by Dubai World Central International Airport, a new 140 km² airport that will help handle the influx of travelers well into the future.
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History
Dubai International Airport was conceived in 1959, when Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum first ordered construction. It was inaugurated in 1960 with DC-3 plane flights and was home to nine airlines. Today, the airport handles all kinds of jets.
On 3 July, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, which was on a Tehran-Bandar Abbas-Dubai route, was shot down by USS Vincennes between Bandar Abbas and Dubai due to the aircraft overflying a combat aircraft. 290 people were killed in this incident.
On 28 July 2001, a man named Djamel Beghal was arrested at Dubai International Airport while transferring from a flight from Pakistan to a flight to Europe. Beghal admitted to being part of the Paris embassy attack plot to UAE interrogators. The Al-Qaida suspect was taken to France, where he recanted parts of his statement. The plot was dismantled by French, Belgian, and Dutch authorities.
Part of the airport's Terminal 3 collapsed on September 28, 2004 during the construction phase. The terminal was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Andreu also designed Terminal 2E at Paris' Charles de Gaulle International Airport, which had part of the structure collapse on May 23, 2004.
Expansion
The Airport is currently undergoing a major expansion with the construction of Terminal 3 and new 60 meter wide and longer runway. This expansion will make the Airport fully Airbus A380 compatible.
The Airport will also undergo an expansion to allow two stations of the Green Line of the Dubai Metro to be built within the complex. One station will be constructed in Terminal 1 and the other in Terminal 3. The Metro system is not expected to be fully operational until 2012.
Dubai Duty Free
Dubai International Airport is the home to Dubai Duty Free, which is widely regarded as the world's best Duty free shopping heaven for a number of reasons. Showcase, quality and attractive prices go hand in hand here. There are many stores within the airport.
Airlines
Airlines with regular service to Dubai include:
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- African Express Airways (Nairobi)
- Air Astana (Almaty)
- Air Blue (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
- Aero Asia International (Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar)
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
- Air Algerie (Algiers, Beirut)
- Air China (Beijing)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air India (Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochin, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram)
- Air Nepal International (Kathmandu)
- Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
- Ariana Afghan Airlines (Kabul)
- Armavia (Yerevan)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka, London-Heathrow)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Caspian Airlines (Ahwaz, Tabriz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
- Cathay Pacific (Bahrain, Bangkok, Mumbai, Hong Kong)
- China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Guangzhou, Lagos)
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
- Cyprus Airways (Bahrain, Larnaca)
- Czech Airlines (Kuwait, Prague)
- Daallo Airlines (Djibouti)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) [starts June 1, 2007]
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Emirates (Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Amman, Athens, Auckland, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Birmingham(UK), Brisbane, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Christchurch, Colombo, Damascus, Damman, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Düsseldorf, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Khartoum, Kochi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Luqa, Male, Manchester(UK), Manila, Mauritius, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nagoya, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Nice, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Peshawar, Rome-Fiumicino, Riyadh, Sanaa, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos [starts 2007] Seoul-Incheon, Seychelles, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvanthapuram, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna, Zurich)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Mumbai)
- Eritrean Airlines (Asmara)
- Falcon Express
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- Georgian Airways (Tblisi)
- Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
- Indian (Hyderabad, Chennai, New Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata)
- Iran Air (Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
- Iraqi Airways (Baghdad)
- Jat Airways (Beirut, Belgrade)
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
- Jubba Airways (Aden, Bosaso, Djibouti, Hargesia, Mogadishu, Sanaa)
- Kenya Airways (Guangzhou, Nairobi)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Korean Air (Cairo, Seoul-Incheon)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
- Libyan Arab Airlines (Benghazi, Tripoli)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Mahan Airlines (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
- Malaysia Airlines (Beirut, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait)
- Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
- Naft Airlines
- Olympic Airways (Athens, Kuwait)
- Oman Air (Beirut, Muscat)
- Onur Air (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan, London-Heathrow)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Royal Nepal Airlines (Kathmandu)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam)
- Shaheen Air (Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar)
- S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk)
- Singapore Airlines (Cairo, Istanbul-Atatürk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Singapore)
- Sri Lankan Airlines (Colombo, Kuwait)
- Sudan Airways (Doha, Khartoum)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Muscat, Zürich)
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
- Tarom (Bucharest-Otopeni)
- Thavria Air Company
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok, Chennai, Kuwait)
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Tunisair (Beirut, Tunis)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Turkmenistan Airlines (Ashgabat)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Yemenia (Aden, Bahrain, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Riyan, Sanaa)
Cargo airlines
- Air France
- Cathay Pacific
- DAS Air Cargo
- Dragon Air
- EVA Air Cargo
- Emirates SkyCargo
- FedEx
- KLM
- MASkargo (Malaysia Airlines Cargo)
- Polar Air Cargo
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Shaheen Air International
- Singapore Airlines Cargo
- Star Air
- Tarom Cargo
- UPS
See also
External links
- Official Site
- World Aero Data airport information for OMDB
Categories
Airports in the United Arab Emirates | Buildings and structures in Dubai