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DXB set for summer surge with over 3.4 million guests expected in the season kick-off - Middle East Business News and Information - mid-east.info
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2025: Dubai International (DXB) is entering a period of sustained peak operations, with more than 3.4 million guests expected to travel through the airport between 27 June and 9 July 2025. Daily volumes are forecast to average over 265,000 with the busiest day on 5 July for both departures and transfer traffic. Dubai Airports, alongside its stakeholders, has activated an integrated summer readiness plan to ensure guest journeys remain safe and efficient. While the wider regional situation has led to some delays and cancellations across the network, the oneDXB community has been working around the clock to support guests, provide welfare, and maintain service continuity. Supported by a real-time monitoring and predictive system to optimise manpower and resource utilisation. DXB continues to monitor the situation in close coordination with authorities and airline partners, prioritising the safety of all guests and employees on the ground and through to take-off. Guests departing in the coming days are encouraged to follow these key tips to ensure a smoother airport experience: For those travelling with families, children over the age of 12 can use Smart Gates to speed up the passport control process. Arrive no earlier than three hours before departure. Utilise online check-in, self-service kiosks and bag drop at DXB Terminal 3. DUBZ provides home check-in and baggage collection services, allowing guests to complete their airport formalities from the comfort of their home or hotel. Stay informed on flight and gate updates with DXB Express Maps, the wayfinding platform that helps you navigate the airport with a quick QR code scan and search. Enhanced support is available for People of Determination, including marked accessibility routes, discreet assistance for guests wearing Sunflower Lanyards from trained staff, and a dedicated Assisted Travel Lounge in DXB Terminal 2. Once at the airport, travellers can enjoy DXB's full range of facilities including restaurants, duty free shopping and lounges to relax before their flight. About Dubai Airports: Dubai Airports operates both of Dubai's airports, Dubai International (DXB) and Al Maktoum International (DWC). As an integrator, Dubai Airports works to balance the interests of all stakeholders to maintain aviation growth, protect operational resilience and ensure that service providers collaborate to provide a safe and secure service, and improve customer experience whilst maintaining a sustainable business. In 2024, DXB welcomed a total of 92.3 million guests, the highest annual traffic in its history. DWC embodies Dubai's vision for the future of aviation. With expansion plans announced in May 2024, involving a record investment of US$35b, DWC aims to reshape the aviation landscape. Over the next decade, DWC will accommodate 150m passengers annually, eventually expanding to 260m passengers and 12m tonnes of cargo. With five runways, futuristic design and seamless intermodal connectivity, DWC aims to revolutionise global air travel, setting new standards for efficiency and passenger experience for the next 50 years. High-resolution images of DXB are available here: Media Library For recent updates, refer to our official social media platforms on Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , Twitter or hashtags: #DubaiAirports #DXB #DubaiWorldCentral.
The Herald Scotland
05-06-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Classy Calandagan chasing Coronation Cup crown
'We would really love a first Group One with him and that's what we would like to do this year, he deserves to win a Group One and we're hoping it will be on Friday,' said Nemone Routh, racing manager for owners the Aga Khan Studs. Calandagan (left) bumped into City Of Troy in the Juddmonte International Stakes (Mike Egerton/PA) 'I suppose the only real doubt is handling the track and he's probably never run on anything like Epsom before. 'He's a very balanced horse and we imagine he is going to be OK but you never know until they get there and run. We are confident he is going to run well, he always runs well.' Calandagan was again runner-up at the highest level when returning to action in Dubai in April, with this race immediately earmarked for the gelding's next outing, a ploy the owners almost pulled off with Meydan scorer Dolniya in 2015 when going down narrowly to Pether's Moon at Epsom. 'We were happy with his run in the Sheema Classic, he got a little bit far back but that's because he was drawn on the inside and he's not a horse with a huge amount of early speed,' continued Routh. Race 8⃣#DWC down to the last two races!🏇 DANON DECILE from 🇯🇵 Japan bagged the title of the fastest in the Dubai Sheema Classic race! 日本のダノンデサイルがドバイシーマクラシックで最速の座を勝ち取りました！#DubaiRacing#DWC25 #DubaiWorldCup #ドバイ競馬… — Dubai Racing Channel (@DubaiRacingTV) April 5, 2025 'He finished the race well and took the race well, he's very straightforward and we've been happy with his preparation. 'We won the Sheema Classic with Dolniya and then came to this race and it gives them enough time to get over the trip to Dubai as you're winding them up quite early in the season to run in a Group One, which is quite a big ask for a horse coming out of winter. 'The gap gives them enough time to get over that and then run well and Francis had always earmarked this race for after Dubai. This has been the plan for a while and we hope he's in great form.' Giavellotto ended a winter of globetrotting by finishing fifth in the same Meydan event as Calandagan and now makes his UK return fresh from his trainer Marco Botti enjoying Italian Derby glory in his homeland. Giavellotto is Marco Botti's stable star (David Davies for The Jockey Club/PA) Botti said: 'He's in good form and with Epsom you never know whether they'll handle the track or not, but he ran at Goodwood and handled the undulations there and it's not a big field, so fingers crossed he'll handle it. 'He's proven now that over a mile and a half he's quite effective. It's not an easy race, but he deserves to be there.' Aidan O'Brien will saddle a pair of St Leger heroes Jan Brueghel in Continuous as he looks for back-to-back Coronation Cup victories following Luxembourg's success 12 months ago. O'Brien explained how Jan Brueghel was a late substitution into the race following a shuffling of the Ballydoyle pack, but expects him to improve for his reappearance second in the Alleged Stakes. 'Everyone was standing in line behind Kyprios and when Kyprios was retired we had to find a Gold Cup horse and it was between him and Illinois,' said O'Brien. Jan Brueghel carries the hopes of Aidan O'Brien (Mike Egerton/PA) 'We just felt we could give Illinois the first go at it as he won at Chester and his preparation was going to fit into the Gold Cup, when that happened Jan Brueghel could take Illinois' position in the Coronation.' Of Jan Brueghel, he added: 'He was second to one of Joseph's (O'Brien) the first day over a mile and a quarter and he will definitely be much happier going a mile and a half. 'I'm never surprised when they get beat. Obviously he was a Leger winning starting back over a mile and a quarter, so he was always going to lack race sharpness and fitness at that time of the year. 'Joseph's horse beat him nicely on the day, but we thought it did our horse good and he learnt a lot and he came out of the race well.' Ralph Beckett's Irish Oaks heroine You Got To Me will make her first appearance in the colours of Amo Racing, while Andrew Balding's Bellum Justum and the Charlie Appleby-trained Ancient Wisdom finished seventh and eighth respectively in the Derby last year and have banked some smart form since.
ABC News
04-06-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Parliamentary committee dismisses allegations against Darwin Waterfront Corporation
The Darwin Waterfront Corporation (DWC) has been cleared of wrongdoing by a Northern Territory parliamentary committee after the Territory Labor leader raised misuse of public money allegations. Opposition Leader Selena Uibo referred the "serious" allegations to the Public Accounts Committee last month. The allegations included the creation of a made-up unadvertised role that would see DWC's deputy chief executive, Sam Burke, receive a temporary $60,000 higher duties salary increase. The higher duties allowance allegedly continued for up to six years, long after the temporary role ended. Ms Uibo used parliamentary privilege last month to air the claims, which were made in a series of news reports by the NT Independent. Ms Uibo also referred allegations of funds being moved between two public bodies, the DWC and AustralAsia Railway Corporation (AARC). Mr Burke, who is married to NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, is the AARC chief executive and was appointed the DWC general manager in 2016. He was then appointed DWC's deputy chief executive in 2020, at the same salary level, in a four-year contract that was renewed in late 2023. Chair of the railway corporation is Alastair Shields, who is also DWC's chief executive. The AARC is a separate statutory body that manages the railway between Darwin and Tarcoola in South Australia, which is co-located with the DWC. The DWC told the committee Mr Burke was paid a $42,000 salary for higher duties between the two organisations, for five separate stints between 2018 and 2020. "Because none of the periods of higher duties exceeded six months, they were not required by NT [public service] guidelines to be advertised," the DWC submission read. DWC chair Patrick Bellot said Mr Burke's salary was cost-shared with the AARC and DWC. "The auditor-general has never raised any concern regarding these transactions in our unqualified annual audit reports." Mr Bellot said both organisations had their own separate annual audits. Mr Shields told the committee the two organisations had become "enmeshed" due to the sharing of resources and staff since the DWC's establishment in 2006. "We've shared board members, staff, office accommodation, resources from the very beginning," he said. Prior to the committee's hearing, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Marie-Clare Boothby, who has responsibility over the DWC, said the allegations would be "put to bed" by the process. Afterwards, she issued a statement welcoming the committee's unanimous dismissal of the allegations. "I am drawing the line in the sand on this matter," she said. The five-member Public Accounts Committee has a government majority of three members.
Telegraph
25-05-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
The world's busiest airport is shutting down – here's what happens next
When Dubai International (DXB) first opened in 1960, its runway was a strip of compacted sand. Fast forward 65 years and it's the busiest airport on the planet, processing 92.3 million passengers last year alone. More of a luxury shopping mall with planes, DXB far outshines any of our British airports and if, like Tom Hanks in The Terminal, you were ever stranded there, you probably wouldn't mind too much. Where else can you buy a Rolex, a Rolls-Royce and a McChicken sandwich before your 3am boarding call? It's basically The Ritz with baggage claim. Unsurprisingly, though, it's beginning to feel the strain. Hemmed in by highways and residential areas, DXB has nowhere to bulge, so last April UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced that operations would slowly be phased across to Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC), located 38 miles to the south of DXB, when its expansion is completed in 2032. Backed by the desert, this hyper-modern, AI-purring, mega-hub will be aviation's new darling with 400 aircraft gates (compared to the current 29) and poised to handle 260 million passengers per year once it's fully operational. With DXB being gently nudged aside like a beloved grandparent who's just a little too slow for today's high-speed air travel, what will become of the empty site? Dubai isn't the kind of city to let 7,200 acres of prime urban real estate, just a 15-minute drive from downtown, gather sand. This is a place that built a ski slope in the desert and named islands after continents. They dream big, so something more innovative and headline-worthy is also likely. We game-planned some potential scenarios and explored how other decommissioned airports around the world have been reinvented to see where Dubai might take inspiration. Let's taxi down the runway of possibilities. Scenario 1: The World's Swankiest Urban Park Authorities could take the urban park route. Think Central Park meets Blade Runner. Runways transformed into broad palm-shaded boulevards for cycling, jogging and e-scooting, lined smart-cooling systems to tackle the desert heat. Concourse areas housing indoor gardens or vertical farms, and terminal buildings transformed into co-working hives crowned with rooftop restaurants playing vintage boarding announcements for hipster ASMR. Green, futuristic and, of course, wildly Instagrammable. Berlin Tempelhof is a masterclass in adaptive reuse. Once one of Europe's busiest airports, it played a heroic role in the Berlin Airlift – where British and American forces delivered supplies to West Berlin during the Cold War Soviet blockade. It closed in 2008 and now lives on as the 950-acre Tempelhofer Feld, one of the world's largest urban open spaces. Locals rollerblade down its runways, fly kites across the former airfields, and gather for festivals and community events in the former aircraft hangars. Its massive terminal buildings now host trade fairs and exhibitions – from art shows to tech summits – and even emergency housing at times of crisis. And, more recently, Berlin Tegel – the capital's primary international airport that closed in 2021 and was replaced by Berlin Brandenburg Airport – is now being converted into Urban Tech Republic, a research and green technology hub for start-ups. Like Tempelhof, Croydon was one of Europe's big three pre-Second World War airports (alongside Paris-Le Bourget), and they've leaned into the vintage vibes – turning their Grade II-listed terminal into an aviation history centre and occasionally hiring it out for period film sets due to its well-preserved Art Deco architecture. It works because it's got that old-school charm. DXB, on the other hand, is more sci-fi than sepia, and too sleek and modern to pull off the retro museum look. Scenario 2: An Airport City Dubai is facing a housing shortage due to a surge in population and a booming economy, so there's a high probability it might be converted into a futuristic urban neighbourhood: a hyper-connected 'aerotropolis' that blends tech, luxury lifestyle and sustainability with Dubai's signature ambition. It could be a place where residents interact with city services through personalised AI assistants – booking health appointments, making restaurant reservations, or ordering drone deliveries like those currently in use in Shenzhen, China. Where former runways become smart boulevards with kinetic pavements (to harvest footstep energy) and AI-optimized public transport and cohesive communities host rooftop parties in the former air traffic control tower or attend TED talks in aeroplane hangars rebranded as 'creative event domes'. Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is the closest match. Once the stuff of pilot legends (and passenger nightmares) thanks to its nerve-jangling landings over apartment blocks, it shut down in 1998 and got a serious facelift. Now called the Kai Tak Development, it's a massive waterfront neighbourhood made up of schools and residential apartments organised along the old runway, which now hosts cruise ships instead of 747s, and framed by the verdant Sky Garden. A handful of others have followed suit. In Greece, the former Ellinikon International Airport near Athens is in the process of becoming one of Europe's largest urban regeneration projects. Already partially opened as the Ellinikon Experience Park, the site is set to include luxury housing, cultural venues, sports facilities, and one of the Mediterranean's largest coastal parks. And Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado, is now a walkable neighbourhood with schools and parks, where the airport's control tower has been converted into a restaurant as a playful nod to its high-flying past. For the moment, DXB's future is all conjecture. 'It should be stressed that the closure of DXB is only a distant prospect at the moment. It's too far into the future to make the decision now,' said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports. 'But if a bigger Heathrow was built just up the road, would you keep both open? Probably not, is the answer – it's operationally difficult and costly to maintain two mega airports, when one satisfies a city's needs, and if the site was converted into park or a development, it would allow the northern part of Dubai to go high-rise – but those are options that the Dubai Government will no doubt consider in due course.' It'll be fifteen years at least before any real changes take place, but it's not hard to imagine the kids that will play tag on turf where jumbo jets once touched down; travellers lazing in cafés where execs once stress-scrolled emails; and yes – TikTokers posing under the vintage departure boards (#RetroRunway). The airport that once never slept will finally chill out, reborn as a smart, stylish, sun-soaked urban playground. DXB won't fade – it'll reinvent, Dubai-style: bigger, bolder and with better Wi-Fi. Goodbye takeoffs, hello glow-up. So here's to you, DXB: no delays, no turbulence – just clear skies ahead.
Time Out Dubai
22-05-2025
- Time Out Dubai
A private jet for your four-legged friend? Yes, and it's flying to the UK and the EU
You can now travel with your furry bestie in a private jet without the hefty price tag. British-based K9 JETS is one of the world's first pay-per-seat pet jet services, trusted by thousands of pet owners worldwide. Get all the comfort and calm of private flying without having to charter a whole jet, plus you'll get to sit alongside your four-legged companion. What's not to love? Even brachycephalic (flat-nosed) breeds are welcome, and there are no size restrictions for pets in the cabin. Fly comfortably with your pet beside you Your pet travels comfortably in the cabin with you. There are no restrictions on size or breed, so all pets are welcome. You'll also avoid busy terminals and long queues by using private airport facilities for a smoother and faster boarding experience. And for added peace of mind, your booking is fully ATOL protected, just like a standard commercial flight. One seat includes: Two small pets or one large pet 30 kilos of checked-in baggage + a cabin baggage Monthly flights K9 JETS operates monthly flights all year round from Jetex Al Maktoum (DWC), Dubai, to London, Milan and Geneva, which is a game-changer for anyone relocating or heading to the UK for the summer holidays. More routes will be announced soon. Prices start from approximately Dhs36,400 per seat, and that includes your pet's spot in the cabin. Upcoming flights Dubai – London (Sunday July 6, Friday August 8, Saturday September 6) Dubai – Milan (Saturday July 26, Saturday August 30) It's a brilliant option for families making the big move to Dubai or for residents planning a European escape with their pets in tow. The service is tailored to make the process smooth and straightforward, and more importantly, stress-free to make your and your furry bestie's travel experience as comfortable as possible. Whether you're relocating or just in need of a guilt-free summer with your loved companion abroad, K9 JETS makes it all a bit less complicated. Ready to jet off home with your fur-friend right next to you? Learn more:
