Category: Dubai Airport Terminal 2Dubai Airports has announced that Concourse D would open later this year to become the new home to nearly 100 airlines that currently operate from Concourse C. The new concourse D at Dubai Airport is part of a Dh4.3 billion investment for new and upgraded facilities for the more than 110 international airlines that operate […]
Windows Tablets for Check in at Flydubai The Windows 8 App developed for flydubai is a regional first, enabling staff to check-in passengers on-the-go Flydubai travelers can now step into Dubai airport and get checked in through a windows tablet. Flydubai have said that it has become the first airline in the region to introduce […]
Smart E-gates at Dubai Airport The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) will be installing 40 Smart e-Gates across Dubai Airport terminals to ease passenger entry and exit. The system, equipped with retinal scan using a high-accuracy camera, will eliminate the need for the eye scan and e-Gate card currently issued by the […]
Passport Control Queues at Dubai Airport Lenghty Dubai Airport passport control queues could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new high-tech system which is under consideration by the organisation that runs Dubai International Airport. An official for Dubai Airport has revealed that one of the systems would improve the process of […]
Info Zones at Dubai Airport New state of the art high-tech ‘information zones’ at Dubai International Airport have now been introduced. The dedicated zones, which have been designed by local boutique Almax Design, have been introduced to replace traditional information desks at Dubai airport. HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of Dubai Airports […]
Dubai International Airport has begun 2012 on a strong note with record monthly passenger traffic of over 4.85 million in January. Passenger traffic in January reached 4.852 million passengers, surpassing the previous record of 4,724,109 of July 2011, and a 14% increase compared to 4.254 million recorded in January 2011. The 14% upsurge is the […]
Concourse 3 Dubai International Airport CEO Paul Griffiths has announced on the Dubai-based Business Breakfast radio programme that Dubai Airport’s Concourse 3 Terminal is targeting a January 2013 opening. The world’s first dedicated facility for A380’s will be home to Emirates’ growing fleet of superjumbos and feature dedicated first and business class lounges. The expansion […]
Virtual Assistants Dubai Airport Dubai Airport has introduced 4 bilingual virtual assistants at Dubai Airport to communicate important travel information to more than 50 million passengers that pass through Dubai airport each year. The state-of-the-art digital signage solutions use the very latest in rear-projected audio visual technology to create the illusion of a real person, […]
Despite being less than three years old, flydubai has already reached the significant milestone of announcing its 50th destination. And true to its pioneering approach to network development it has selected Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic (also known as Kyrgyzstan), which it will begin serving twice-weekly with a 737-800 from 7 February. This will increase […]
flydubai launched flights last week to its western-most destination with the introduction of 4-times weekly flights from Dubai Airport to Belgrade in Serbia using a 737-800. Flights from Dubai depart at 09:10 in the morning and are scheduled to take 5 hours and 45 minutes while flights from Belgrade depart at 12:40 and are scheduled […]
Flydubai have continued to expand their network between Dubai and India by launching flights to its 3rd Indian destination. The airline now flies once a week from Dubai to Ahmedabad in Gujarat in western India. Competition comes from the low-cost airline’s parent Emirates, which operates the route ten times weekly. Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of […]
