Dubai To Spend $35B On Massive Terminal For Dubai World Central Airport

Aviation Week

29 April 2024

Dubai has approved plans for building an AED128 billion ($35 billion) passenger terminal at Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), to which all operations currently at Dubai International Airport (DXB) will be moved.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, said in an April 28 statement that he had “approved the designs for the new [DWC] passenger terminal,” including the AED128 billion cost. 

DXB was the second-busiest passenger airport in the world in 2023, according to Airports Council International World, handling 87 million passengers, up 31.7% over 2022. Al Maktoum said DWC will ultimately have the capacity to handle as many as 260 million passengers annually.

Plans for DWC show the future airport with 400 aircraft gates and five parallel runways.

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