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Dubai International's control tower covered in giant UAE flag

Caption: Dubai International's 89m-high Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower has been wrapped in a 700m2 UAE flag, as the airport prepares to celebrate the 45th National Day on December 2. The stunning display of red, green, white and black was installed over the course of 12 days by a six-man team, using special access ropes.

New family area opened at DXB’s Terminal 3

If you are travelling through Dubai International’s Terminal 3 with family and kids, a pleasant surprise awaits you at Concourse B’s Zen Garden where Dubai Airports has just opened a new facility for families. Located between Gates B7 and B8, the new family facility features a children’s area complete with creative play equipment, television screens featuring children’s programming, and baby...

Passenger traffic at Dubai International rises 23.2%

Passenger traffic at Dubai International rises 23.2% 6.2 million passengers welcomed in May Passenger numbers at Dubai International continued their rapid ascent in May as the airport welcomed 6.2 million customers, up 23.2 percent from the same period last year, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today (Dubai, UAE – June 30, 2015). Passenger numbers rose...

Dubai Airports prepares passengers for the summer rush - ‘Hang out at DXB’ campaign encourages passengers to arrive at the airport earlier

Dubai Airports is this week (June 20, 2015) launching a nationwide campaign, Hang out at DXB, to encourage travellers to arrive earlier to Dubai International and enjoy a full range of airport products and services, while ensuring that all customers depart on time. Dubai Airports has partnered with Arabian Radio Network (ARN) to launch the Hang out at DXB campaign across DubaiEye 103.8, Dubai...

Dubai Airports wins at Transform Awards MENA 2015

Dubai Airports was declared winner of the Gold Award for ‘Best Internal Communications During A Brand Development Programme’ at the Transform Awards Middle East & North Africa, at a ceremony in Dubai recently. The award category recognises an organisation’s approach in engaging all its employees, especially in communicating a change in its positioning or brand strategy to ensure the it occurs at...

Passenger terminal at DWC to be expanded to accommodate 26 million passengers by 2017

Dubai Airports today confirmed that construction is expected to begin later this year on the expansion of Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central’s (DWC’s) existing passenger terminal which will boost the current capacity of 6 million passengers a year to 26 million. As Dubai International nears its capacity limit due to the rapid growth of passenger traffic, DWC will play an...