The Dubai International Airport today opened a new concourse that will increase the airport's capacity to 15 million passengers per year, expanding the current 75 million passengers per year to 90 million / year. In total we were invested about 1.2 billion dollars in the new expansion, which will cater especially international companies, such as British Airways and Virgin.
"We continue to invest in the development of an infrastructure to increase the level of service for our international airlines and their customers by providing the necessary capacity to meet growing demand," said Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Airports. The concourse has the capacity to receive 21 aircraft through gates, four in the category of A380 / 747-8i, there are 11 positions on the remote.
The first airline that landed at the new terminal was British Airways with a Boeing 747-400 fulfilling BAW105 flight. According to Dubai Airports, it is expected that 85 million passengers embark and disembark through the airport in 2016, the general collapse, which is considered when reaching 100 million passengers / year, can occur before 2020.
The new Concourse D is designed to the highest possible convenience for passengers, with shops and food options throughout the terminal, which prevent the passenger need to walk all over the place. There is also a train connection between all the concourse of the Dubai Airport which facilitates boarding and connections from anywhere. The site also includes Duty Free, rooms for Dubai International Hotel, SPA club and 9 rooms vip / lounge.
