Category: Dubai International Airport
Dubai Airports Concourse D Update
Dubai 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 […]
Emirates 3rd Daily Service to Birmingham
Commencing on the 1st August 2015, Emirates flight EK41, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, will depart Dubai Airport at 02:35hrs and arrive in Birmingham at 07:05hrs. The outbound flight, EK42, will depart Birmingham Airport at 09:10hrs and arrive in Dubai at 19:10hrs. The additional service adds 7 more inbound flights a week to Birmingham, increasing […]
Arik Air Begins Flights into Dubai
Dubai to Welcome Arik Air Flights Arik Air is to begin flight operations into Dubai as part of its international route expansion programme. The announcement, which was made by Arik Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Arumemi Ikhide, was welcome news to numerous Nigerian travellers who ply the lucrative Lagos-Dubai route dominated over the years by […]
Check in with Windows Tablets at Flydubai
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 […]
An Interview with Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths
Flying has changed a lot in its 100-year history, from entertainment-free and pricey flights to double-decker aircraft with wi-fi connections. And now Dubai is planning to also radically advance the entire experience before boarding the plane, from travelling to the airport to checking in luggage and passing through security and immigration. Dubai Airports CEO Paul […]
Dubai Overtakes Heathrow as Worlds Number 1 Airport
Dubai Airport Worlds’s Number One Passenger numbers for the first 2 months of 2014 suggest Dubai Airport is on course to become the world’s number one airport Passenger traffic is up by 13.5% to 12.1m passengers in January and February 2014, Heathrow saw figures of 10.3m during the same time period. 2013 saw Dubai airport […]
PAL Increase Flights to Dubai
Flights to Dubai Increased by PAL PAL Express has confirmed that it will be increasing its flights to Dubai by the end of this month. In a statement released earlier this week, the airline announced that it would fly to Dubai 6 times weekly from Manila beginning on 30th March 2014. Flights will be operated […]
Dubai Airports wins Employer of the Year Award
Dubai Airports, operator of the world’s 2nd busiest Airport has been named as the Employer of the Year at the Middle East HR Excellence Awards 2013 in a ceremony in Dubai. The Institute for International Research (IIR), part of Informa plc, a leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic, scientific, professional […]
Dubai Airport Second Busiest in the World
Dubai Airport has been confirmed as the world’s second busiest airport for international passenger traffic, moving ahead of Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport for the first time. Since the start of the year Dubai Airport has moved up 2 positions in the global rankings and now has London Heathrow’s title as the world’s busiest international […]
Emirates Clark-Dubai route
The Emirates Airlines, one of the best airlines in the world, has launched its daily Dubai-Clark-Dubai flights at Clark International Airport yesterday. Clark International Airport Corporation President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano said that Emirates aircraft Boeing 777-ER arrived at 4 p.m. with 428 passengers in their inaugural flight. Luciano said this is good […]
Dubai Airport Smart E-gates
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 […]