Dubai, May 05: Dubai’s second airport which is designed to be the world’s largest is set to start operations from June 27 for cargo only.
According to Dubai Airports chief executive officer Paul Griffiths, the Al-Maktoum International Airport, which is designed to be the world’s largest when completed, plans to receive passengers next year.
He said that the passenger terminal is scheduled to be ready by the end of this year and that it will enter service at the beginning of the summer season in 2011, towards the end of March.
The airport, which is designed to have six runways and handle 120 million passengers when fully completed, was supposed to be operational by the end of 2008. Its runway has been ready since 2007.
Griffiths was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.
–PTI