Dubai awards contracts for ‘world’s largest’ Al Maktoum International Airport

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, has said that Dubai has started awarding contracts for Al Maktoum International – which will be the world’s largest airport upon completion.

Sheikh Ahmed said that contracts are already assigned and work has started since His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai gave the go-ahead over a year ago.

‘”When we talk about airports of that size, we have to think about how complex that can be,” he said adding in Dubai, we have been engaging with teams of our two local airlines, airports and dnata and also other airlines that operate here.”

Sheikh Ahmed said that putting together the plan that lets us make it perfect on the day of the opening. That needs an extensive programme ahead of the opening date.

He said that we need about 12 months on the training for the opening for that day because of the huge size of the airport.

He further said that even for the existing terminals, it took around 3-4 months preparations for opening day.

Sheikh Ahmed said that authorities don’t want to see any hiccups on that day.

Sheikh Ahmed also predicted ‘another record year’ for Emirates Group in terms of numbers.