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Inside the largest duty-free shop on the planet
TransportIf you want to see the globe’s divergent proclivities in all their finely segmented glory, spend some time at the Dubai International Airport. The world’s third busiest air hub, Dubai boasts the most lucrative and perhaps most sophisticated duty-free shop on Earth. Its total retail space is more than one and a half times the [...]
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Gulf airlines expansion is the new silk road, and the future
TransportMultiplying lanes, stretching runways and new terminals in the sands may not be everyone’s idea of making the desert bloom. But in Abu Dhabi, where the aviation industry has grown up almost as spectacularly as the skyscrapers on the shoreline, the sheikhs who bankrolled the towering investment do not doubt that the fruits will come. [...]
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Dubai airport crosses Hong Kong to become 3rd busiest globally
TransportPassenger flows through Dubai’s main airport jumped 13.2 percent last year, helping the airport overtake Hong Kong to become the world’s third busiest for international passenger traffic, airport authorities said on Monday. Dubai’s passenger traffic surged to 57.68 million people in 2012 from 50.98 million during 2011, Dubai Airports said. In the month of December, [...]
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Dubai’s airport to become world’s biggest, while UAE airports booms
TransportThe UAE has experienced a decade of relentless aviation growth. Separated by less than 120 km, the three largest airports in the country at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah have seen their traffic driven by their home carriers, Emirates, flydubai, Etihad and Air Arabia, each of which handles the majority of passengers passing through the [...]
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Dubai airport crosses 5 million mark; Emirates-Qantas deal could be big boost
TransportDubai International airport began the second half of 2012 on a strong note by surpassing the five million passenger mark in July for the first time in its history. The previous high for monthly traffic at Dubai International was 4.85 million passengers recorded in January this year. According to the monthly traffic report issued by operator [...]
