Dubai has begun construction of the world's largest airport at a cost of $35 billion, which has 400 gates and five parallel runways.
"Al-Maktoum International Airport" will have the highest capacity in the world, designed to serve up to 260 million passengers. It will be five times the size of the current Dubai International Airport, and all operations of the latter will be transferred to the new airport in the coming years," said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. .
A new city will be built around the airport, which Dubai's ruler says will create housing demand for a million people.
The object will be located on 70 square kilometers. In addition to a large number of passengers, it will pass 12 million tons of cargo per year.
It is expected that the first stage of the project, designed for 150 million passenger traffic, will be implemented within 10 years.
The current Dubai International Airport handled 86.9 million passengers in 2023, the second largest in the world after Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, USA.
