Dubai Airport aims to boost peak time arrivals from 33 to 45

Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS) aims to increase its peak hour arrivals from 33 to 45 at Dubai International by the year 2016 as part its 10-year strategy. For flight operations, authorities have four peak hours 24/7 at the Dubai International Airport and an average of 33 arrivals are handled in an hour.

An official statement said the refurbishment of two runways at the Dubai International Airport has been carried out with minimal disruptions in flight operations due to a “well-planned” execution of the “complicated” project within the 80-day schedule with all the stakeholders working together with a one-team spirit.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) and Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS), had formed a committee comprising of all concerned departments and companies. This committee, under his supervision, laid a ‘perfect’ programme which lead to the successful completion of the project in record time, avoiding any obstacles that could have been caused during the work whilst, documenting the workflow in daily reports.

Mohammed Abdulla Ahli, director General of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) and CEO of Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS), said the project involved the upgradation and maintenance of the two runways in the most innovative and effective manner without entailing the complete closure of the flight operations.

“We were told that no other project of this kind has occurred in the history of civil aviation in which the runway refurbishments were made with the least possible impact on normal flight operations,” he remarked.

Dubai International recorded 6.2% surge in number of passengers which stood at 34.67 million in first half of 2014 despite over 26% cut in flights during May and June for the refurbishment. Despite the refurbishment project, the airport was able to record its 18^th consecutive month of more than five million passengers.