Quoting Sooner787 (Reply 1): |
Quoting sassiciai (Reply 5): One major casualty was the new airport, its completion date is now in 2025, IIRW! |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 8): |
Quoting dubaiamman243 (Reply 9): Dubai has little oil. Dubai's main source of income is from Trade and Tourism. |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 8): Is Dubai headed to collapse with current oil prices or no? |
Quoting goosebayguy (Reply 11): Dubai decided upon a great plan to build lots of apartments which generate management fees etc. That is probably where their main income comes from these days. |
Quoting goosebayguy (Reply 11): Dubai decided upon a great plan to build lots of apartments which generate management fees etc. That is probably where their main income comes from these days. |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 12): But what do the folks in the apartments do? Manage other apartments? |
Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): I highly doubt DXB will ever see close to 90mn pax per year. Not even ATL has that many pax per year |
Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): As for Dubai, it has very little oil(which may now be a good thing ) but who on Earth wants to vacation there? |
Quoting RTW00 (Reply 3): Is there enough traffic to operate both airports in the future? |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 12): But what do the folks in the apartments do? Manage other apartments? |
Quoting Sooner787 (Reply 1): Perhaps I'm confused, but why are they adding to DXB's infrastructure when everybody will be moving to the new DWC airport in a few years? |
Quoting sassiciai (Reply 5): Without recourse to any research at the moment, I think that basically the original plan fell foul of the Great Financial Crash, and essentially Dubai ran out of money! |
Quoting Kngkyle (Reply 16): ATL had over 100 million pax last year. Given the growth of EK it's not a matter of if, but when, DXB hits 90 million. [ Edit Post ] |
Quoting HALtheAI (Reply 17): DXB is predicting 89m pax for 2016, and within several years, capacity should be increased to 118m. Not sure exactly how they'll manage that though. |
Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): I'm happy to see another great new terminal,however, I highly doubt DXB will ever see close to 90mn pax per year. Not even ATL has that many pax per year! While I'd love to see DWC become a reality, I see it as just a large, empty quasi-failed vanity project. As for Dubai, it has very little oil(which may now be a good thing ) but who on Earth wants to vacation there? I understand that it's a great business place for people coming from other world regions but at least Hong Kong is a destination in itself. Dubai's just a stopover place. |
Quoting hz747300 (Reply 25): When DWC is ready, they should turn DXB into a giant amusement park. |
Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): but who on Earth wants to vacation there? I understand that it's a great business place for people coming from other world regions but at least Hong Kong is a destination in itself. Dubai's just a stopover place. |
Quoting Directorguy (Reply 26): others from the Soviet Union |
Quoting Sooner787 (Reply 1): Perhaps I'm confused, but why are they adding to DXB's infrastructure |
Quoting avi8tir (Reply 32): Immigration in T1 is horrid.... especially when departing... do they have a solution for that? |
Quoting SKAirbus (Reply 29): Did you not get the memo? The USSR was dissolved in 1991 |
Quoting CXfirst (Reply 34): Saw today that the Cathay Pacific flight still used a concourse C gate. I thought all would move to D, and the passageway from T1 to Concourse C would close. |
Quoting Directorguy (Reply 26): People don't go to Dubai for cultural tourism, they way they visit Paris/Vienna etc. However, it's a big shopping destination, especially for people from Iran, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, plus several countries in Africa. Russians and others from the Soviet Union also visit Dubai, for shopping as well as for beach holidays. Oh, and Dubai is huge with Brits. |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 10): Is the UAE like the US or are they more independent? |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 12): But what do the folks in the apartments do? Manage other apartments? |
Quoting sassiciai (Reply 5): EK is happy to see other carriers being gently "encouraged" to the new airport |
Quoting RTW00 (Reply 3): Is there enough traffic to operate both airports in the future? |
Quoting a380787 (Reply 4): I'm not sure airlines are all that eager to move to DWC. It has "Dubai Mirabel" written all over it. |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 10): Quoting dubaiamman243 (Reply 9): Dubai has little oil. Dubai's main source of income is from Trade and Tourism. But will they be regionally effected or no? Is the UAE like the US or are they more independent? |
Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): but who on Earth wants to vacation there? |
Quoting BHXLOVER (Reply 31): Quoting VX321 (Reply 15): Dubai's just a stopover place. Dubai is getting to be a very popular holiday destination for Brits |
Quoting AirIndia (Reply 36): Add to that the investment being made to transform Dubai into a big huge amusement park. |
Quoting enilria (Reply 40): Dubai traffic is about 50% local now which is slightly better than ATL I think. |
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 41): One could hope for Disneyland Dubai. |
Quoting AirIndia (Reply 42): Disney is being courted heavily by Qatar to start there. |
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 43): Who doesn't court Disneyland? Abu Dhabi has courted them too. I'm into game theory. So if I ask what is the best strategy for Disney, it would be build by the water at the Abu Dhabi/Dubai border with a large land purchase. That way there are three airports (four?) to feed the parks. With land in two Emirates, play them off against each other for each bid. Just have a monorail system connecting everything. |
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 43): Just have a monorail system connecting everything. |
Quoting Directorguy (Reply 44): Also, as they'll be near the sea, maybe they can make part of the theme park underwater and build King Triton's palace underwater. Now that would be cool! |
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 24): How would you raise the estimated $33 billion USD needed to pay for the new airport? These concourses will pay for themselves within 3 to 5 years (by 2020, worst case scenario). After that, the added capacity will help pay for the 2025 expansion at DWC. |
Quoting Directorguy (Reply 26): People don't go to Dubai for cultural tourism, they way they visit Paris/Vienna etc. However, it's a big shopping destination, especially for people from Iran, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, plus several countries in Africa. Russians and others from the Soviet Union also visit Dubai, for shopping as well as for beach holidays. Oh, and Dubai is huge with Brits. |
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 43): Who doesn't court Disneyland? Abu Dhabi has courted them too. I'm into game theory. So if I ask what is the best strategy for Disney, it would be build by the water at the Abu Dhabi/Dubai border with a large land purchase. That way there are three airports (four?) to feed the parks. With land in two Emirates, play them off against each other for each bid. Just have a monorail system connecting everything. This would saturate DXB and AUH enabling DWC expansion. |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 8): Is Dubai headed to collapse with current oil prices or no? |
Quoting tayaramecanici (Reply 46): Early this year Christine Lagarde of IMF warned Dubai about its debt, with a specific ref to airport infrastructure projects. |