The National
Deena Kamel
08 May 2025
Dubai has awarded contracts for Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), including a Dh1 billion ($272 million) deal to build a second runway for its $35-billion terminal expansion in Dubai South, which is set to offer jobs and housing opportunities for a million people.
A Dh75 million separate contract for enabling works in the first phase has also been awarded, while major packages such as the Automated People Mover and Baggage Handling System that are currently in the tendering stage look set to be awarded later this year, Khalifa Al Zaffin, executive chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and chairman of Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, said on Thursday.
The terminal substructure, early 132kV substations as well as district cooling plants, are in the next set of packages that will be tendered later in 2025.
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