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Big Airport Little City: Exclusive Interview with Anita Mehra Homayoun of Dubai International Airport

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Cheap Hotel From nine airlines serving some twenty destinations in 1969, Dubai International Airport has grown to accommodate one hundred airlines connecting to one hundred and forty destinations in the year 2002. On average, 1.3 million passengers currently pass through Dubai Airport monthly - that`s sixteen million a year. Today, not only is Dubai Airport one of the fastest growing airports in the world according to ACI traffic statistics, but it is also recognised as the aviation hub of the Middle East. Anita Mehra Homayoun, Marketing and Corporate Communications Director speaks to Airlines-Weekly about this explosive and remarkable growth.

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Flight Booking "Dubai has a long history of being a trading post", she begins. "Its geographical location provided the ideal stopover between the East and the West". Established in 1959, Dubai Airport is located only four kilometres away from the city centre. The development is the result of the far-sighted vision of the late ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. He chose the site not only for its proximity to town but also with future expansion in mind. Anita continues. "Aviation was a 20th century extension of Dubai`s long standing experience as a trading, transport and communications centre".

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Travel Agent In a very short time-span, Dubai International Airport has grown from an airfield into an aviation hub. Now about to sign its 100th airline, I asked Anita whether Dubai Airport ever expected such a phenomenal growth rate. She revealed that the Government of Dubai and the Department of Civil Aviation is working towards attracting even more new airlines, passengers, tourists and businesses to Dubai.

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Hotel Chicago "According to projections Dubai International Airport expects thirty million passengers by the year 2010. Currently it has the capacity to handle twenty two million passengers a year. With the completion of the second phase of expansion, Dubai International Airport will have the capacity to handle close to sixty million passengers a year".

Online Booking The Department of Civil aviation is investing US$2.5bn into this expansion. Commenting on their objectives, Anita tells me: "The idea is to have a facility ready before the demand comes rather than the other way round. With the numerous other developments within the emirate of Dubai, the projections will hold good".

Travel Health Insurance The growth rate for this airport is astonishing. Statistics reveal a consistent and progressive increase in passenger numbers year on year for the last two decades. In 2001, despite the impact of global events, it registered a 10% growth in passengers` throughput, which totalled 13.5 million. All this for a city with a population of 850, 000!

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Booking Agency Embracing the sophistication and innovation of the 21st century, Dubai has also managed to maintain its local traditions and is equally renowned as a tourist destination. Anita describes some of the delights that Dubai can offer tourists: "Dubai is one of the safest destinations in the world, offering modern architecture juxtaposed with old-world charm. It is a thriving metropolitan city offering tourists a wide variety of choice in terms of shopping, dining and entertainment".

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Online Travel Booking Although a recurring complaint from passengers in many airports is the delay caused by security procedures. Anita comments: "Dubai International Airport has very few airport delays ever. Security standards have always been very high and this has not changed much post 9/11. It continues to maintain the same high standards".

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