Dubai airport raises capacity with new extension

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This Feb 23, image released by the Dubai Airport and made available today, shows the Dubai airport new Concourse D which increases the total passenger capacity of the airport from 75 million to 90 million, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)
This Feb 23, image released by the Dubai Airport and made available today, shows the Dubai airport new Concourse D which increases the total passenger capacity of the airport from 75 million to 90 million, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Dubai International, already the world’s busiest airport by international passenger traffic, opened a new extension on Wednesday that will raise its annual capacity to 90 million passengers. The opening of Concourse D is the “result of a $1.2 billion investment to enhance service and boost capacity for the more than 70 international airlines,” Dubai Airports said in a statement. British Airways was the first airline to use the new concourse, connected by train to Terminal 1.

“Today we also announce our 2016 forecast which projects 85 million passengers will visit Dubai International this year,” said Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths. Dubai International said it remained the world’s busiest airport for international travel in 2015 with more than 78 million passengers passing through. Dubai first announced it had overtaken Britain’s Heathrow as the world’s busiest airport for international passengers last year, after 70.4 million international travellers passed through in 2014. Situated on transcontinental air routes, Dubai is one of several Gulf-based airports to experience prodigious growth in recent years. (AFP)

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