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FOCUS T he number of passengers at the international airports of the GCC countries see table had increased between 2009 and 2012 by about 40 to 182 million A further increase of over 10 to 201 million passengers was estimated for 2013 With the exception of the Bahrain International Airport BAH where the number shrank strongly by 13 to 7 4 million passengers there was significant growth in all other airports throughout 2013 The following report refers to the latest developments in the airport sector in the United Arab Emirates UAE Qatar Oman and Kuwait gcc PaSSENgEr aND cargo TraFFIc aT INTErNaTIoNaL aIrPorTS IN 2013 Airport IATA Code Passengers Mio Freight Mio t Dubai International Airport DXB 66 4 2 4 Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai DWC 1 0 07 0 2 Abu Dhabi International Airport AUH 16 5 0 7 Sharjah International Airport SHJ 8 5 0 3 King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah JED 2 29 4 0 4 King Khaled International Airport Riad RUH 2 18 3 0 3 King Fahd International Airport Dammam DMM 2 7 1 0 1 Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport Medina MED 2 5 5 0 0 Old Doha International Airport DOH 3 23 3 0 9 Muscat International Airport MCT 8 3 0 1 Salalah International Airport SLL 0 7 0 1 Bahrain International Airport Manama BAH 7 4 0 2 Kuwait International Airport Kuwait City KWI 2 9 4 0 2 1 Cargo handling started in 2010 and passenger traffic in October 2013 2 estimates 3 Qatar s new airport Hamad International Airport is set to start mid 2014 with a soft opening after years of delays Sources Airport Operators UNITED araB EmIraTES Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport DXB increased again in 2013 by double digits after a growth in 2012 of more than 13 to 57 7 million In 2013 the handled passengers were about 66 4 million The highest number of passengers was recorded from and to India 8 4 million followed by the United Kingdom 5 1 million and Saudi Arabia 4 8 million DUBaI INTErNaTIoNaL aIrPorT DxB PaSSENgEr aND FrEIghT VoLUmES From 2009 To 2020 PaSSENgEr IN mILLIoN FrEIghT IN mILLIoN ToNS SITC Description 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 passengers 40 9 47 2 51 0 57 7 66 4 Freight 1 93 2 22 2 19 2 28 2 44 2014 2015 2018 2020 70 78 90 100 forecasts Sources Dubai Statistics Centre Dubai International Airport Unlike some other GCC airports the continuous expansion in Dubai keeps pace with the increasing passenger traffic However the capacity planning for the DXB and the new Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport DWC is so ambitious that it would probably lead to a considerable overcapacity if executed as planned Starting from today s total capacity of 80 million passengers the vision foresees an expansion to almost 260 million by 2020 The annual passenger capacity at DXB where operations started in 1960 should reach almost 100 million by 2020 while the freight capacity should expand to 4 1 million tons In the beginning of 2013 with the opening of the Concourse 3 exclusively used by Emirates Airline with 20 gates next to Terminal 3 the DXB passenger capacity was increased from 60 million to 75 million oNcE agaIN ThE gcc gULF cooPEraTIoN coUNcIL aIrPorTS haVE achIEVED STroNg growTh a coNTINUaTIoN oF ThE PoSITIVE TrEND IS ExPEcTED IN 2014 EVEN ThE VEry oPTImISTIc ForEcaSTS For ThE DUBaI INTErNaTIoNaL aIrPorT DxB wErE ExcEEDED IN 2013 ThE gcc coUNTrIES arE INVESTINg BILLIoNS IN ThE DEVELoPmENT oF PaSSENgEr aND cargo caPacITy cUrrENTLy UNDEr way aIrPorT ProjEcTS arE VaLUED aT oVEr USD 22 BILLIoN aND FUrThEr INVESTmENTS oVEr ThE mEDIUm TErm worTh USD 37 BILLIoN arE IN PLaNNINg STagE gcc airportS continue to grow Strongly DoUBLE DIgIT growTh waS achIEVED IN 2013 BILLIoNS oF INVESTmENTS 6 ISSUE 12 MAJLIs