Dubai airport plans more gates to handle double-decker A380

  26 September 2016    Read: 3600
Dubai airport plans more gates to handle double-decker A380
Dubai Airports is boosting the number of specialized facilities to handle Airbus A380 planes at the Middle East`s busiest airport as hometown carrier Emirates grows its fleet of the double-decker aircraft.
The firm said Monday it plans to add 10 more A380 gates with air bridges at Dubai International Airport`s Concourse C. That will leave it with a world record 47 gates designed for the mammoth aircraft.

The government-backed airport operator plans to complete the project by 2018 at an undisclosed cost. It`s part of plans to boost capacity at the airport to 118 million passengers by 2023.

Dubai International is the world`s third-busiest airport, and handles more international passenger traffic than any other. Emirates is by far the world`s largest A380 operator.

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