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Dubai freight volume to grow by 50 per cent
DUBAI — Dubai Airports on Tuesday projected almost 50 per cent growth in freight volume in the next five years, its chief executive Paul Griffiths said. Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, which opens next month, will play a vital role for the growth along with the existing Dubai International.
“Cargo tonnage, which totalled 1.9 million in 2009, will exceed 3 million tonnes by the end of 2015,” Griffiths told reporters on the first day of the Arabian Travel Market.
Without providing any specific date he said that the new airport would be opened for passengers next year, with an initial capacity of 5 million passengers. The new airport will be the world’s largest airport upon completion, which will handle around 160 million passengers per annum and 12 million tones cargo annually. “We are not creating the world’s largest airport, but the best airport,” he said. In 2010 alone, freight volumes are expected to rise 12.2 per cent. Improving economic conditions, Dubai’s geocentric location along with anticipated capacity increases by Emirates Airline and other cargo and joint production (cargo and passenger) airlines will be key drivers behind the increase.
Dubai International currently has capacity for 2.5 million tonnes of freight per annum. The first phase of Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, which opens for cargo airlines on June 27, will feature a single A380 compatible runway, 64 remote stands, a cargo terminal building capable of handling 250,000 tonnes per annum expandable to 600,000 tonnes per annum and a dedicated road link to the region’s largest port in Jebel Ali.
Plans are in place to optimise DWC and DXB cargo capability to handle anticipated traffic growth to 2015 and beyond, Griffiths said. “DWC is clearly a long term project. Phase 1 will provide much-needed freight capacity in the near to mid-term,” Griffiths said.
“The vision is to eventually develop Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International into a multi-modal logistics hub which capitalises on its ideal location next to Jebel Ali Port as well as its connectivity by air to major consumer markets worldwide.”
Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Airports said, “There is no doubt Dubai International remains our hub. However, this forecast, combined with our projections for 98 million passengers by 2020, clearly shows the need for a new airport.”
“Aviation accounts for about 25 per cent of Dubai’s GDP and our strategy is to have capacity lead demand so we never constrain growth. Aviation is too important to Dubai’s economy to fall prey to the short-term thinking that has led to costly capacity constraints and congestion at so many airports around the world.”
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