Dubai World Central 6.26

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Dubai, 2525
United Arab Emirates

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Dubai World Central (DWC), Dubai’s second airport, opened its doors to passengers on October 27, 2013 with Wizz Air as the launch airline. Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways launched services from October 31st while Gulf Air commenced flights from December 8, 2013. Qatar Airways launched operations on March 1st 2014.

Dubai Airports launched cargo operations at DWC on June 27, 2010 as part of the first phase of the project. The airport has a total of 36 freight operators (scheduled and chartered) signed up and operating at the facility.

DWC welcomed more than 600 flights per week for a period of 80 days when both runways at Dubai International were undergoing a major refurbishment between May 1 and July 20, 2014.

Phase 1 of DWC includes a single A380 compatible runway; a passenger terminal with capacity of 5 million passengers per annum (expandable to 7 million); a cargo terminal building with a capacity of 250,000 tonnes per annum (expandable to 600,000) and a 92-metre air traffic control tower.

The airport will have a total of five parallel runways, 4.5km long, each separated by a minimum of 800m.

DWC is designed to support aviation, tourism, and logistics well into the future.