Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports. Photo: Media.dubaiairports.ae
Dubai Airport CEO Paul Griffiths said the development of Indian airport infrastructure and the realization of India’s ambition to develop them into hubs that can transfer passengers from different connection points must be revised for seating capabilities allowed by both countries.
“Obviously, the development of the infrastructure of Indian airports will be clearly welcome, as there are more perspectives that can directly serve the UAE, especially for Dubai. Of course, bilateral bilateral will require some revisions to make the perspective possible.” Hindu Sidelines of international events at the Airport Council.
He is talking about the centre’s efforts to develop Indian airports as a hub to reduce traffic leaks at major international airports.
The center plans to engage in 50 airport development projects over the next five years. These include the new airport and the expansion of the existing airport.
Other seats
The UAE has been seeking an additional 50,000 seats for Dubai in a bilateral aviation service agreement. Currently, 66,000 seats are allowed between the UAE and India every week, a quota that both airlines fully utilize. The proposal includes a 4:1 seat allocation formula that allows Air India to provide four additional seats for each additional seat awarded to Emirates. This ratio will gradually shift to 3:1, 2:1 during the specified period, and finally 1:1 to 1:1, systematically and gradually analyze it step by step.
Smaller aircraft
Mr. Griffith also believes that the world is moving away from the departure airports as the development of aircraft technology enables smaller aircraft to connect remote airports in a cost-effective manner. This means that compared to smaller aircraft flying long distances, the number of these aircraft will be smaller than the number of aircraft, he said.
The UAE’s second airport – Dubai World Central (DWC) or Al Maktoum International Airport, will replace its main hub Dubai International Airport (DXB) by the mid-2030s. The $35 billion expansion approved in April 2024 will target 260 million passengers each year as five runways, 400 gates and eight Concourses. When it opens in the first phase of its expansion in 2027, it will have three runways, nearly 120 gates and Aî ˆ150 million passengers.
Subject-based terminal
Mr Griffith said the DWC may have different terminals based on national themes such as India or the United States. This will require a terminal for an airline with the same destination. Therefore, the Indian theme terminal “not only means Air India, but it will gather flights [of different airlines] In the most efficient way, the track is optimized because we want to minimize walking distance. “Again, there may be European and Oceania terminals.
In 2024, Dubai (Dubai) is the world’s busiest travel center, with a total of 920 million passengers, of which 120 million travelled to India. 55% of airport users are visiting Dubai as their final destination, while 45% use it as a connection center.
publishing – April 17, 2025 at 09:57 pm IST
