FEATURE DUBAI DWC AL MAKTOUM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
De Pauw
“We have a dream situation … where we can grow in an unconstrained manner”
freighters is constricted at Dubai International airport through lack of slots, so we are seeing a slow migration of freighters to the new DWC Al Maktoum gateway. “We had hoped that this change-over
As the Gulf emirates prepares to invest
DWC expansion M
ohebi Logistics, a leading distributor of
many of the world’s top consumer brands throughout the Middle East, has recently revealed plans to invest up to 350 million dirhams (US$95.3 million) to build its new headquarters and logistics facility in the Dubai Logistics City (DLC) section of the DWC area – a development marketed as the world’s first truly integrated logistics platform where all transport modes are combined in a single Customs-bonded zone, close to Al Maktoum International airport and adjacent to the Jebel Ali sea port free zone. Mohebi will join supply
chain management leaders like Danzas AEI Emirates, RSA Logistics, Kuehne+Nagel and Panalpina as well express operator Aramex, in taking space in the DLC development.
US$8 billion in an expansion plan that will focus almost entirely on the existing Dubai International airport, DWC Al Maktoum is open and ready to accept freighter aircraft carrying cargo to and from all corners of the world. With the first of a growing trickle of commercial passenger flights expected at some point this year, the immediate focus is to step up the cargo operations at Dubai’s new airport. Griffiths remarked that a plan had
recently been announced to develop more cargo terminals at the DWC airport of a similar size to the existing facility, which can handle around 250,000 tonnes of cargo a year. Building up
Sheikh Ahmed
the cargo traffic flow through a massive 125km2 aviation-centric development sandwiched between the edge of the desert and the shore of the Arabian Gulf is a huge undertaking. According to Jean-Pierre de Pauw,
divisional senior vice president at dnata, the company that handles all air freight at both the airports in Dubai: “Space for
would have happened faster, but the lack of growth over the past two years .... has slowed things down substantially. Over the next few years that migration will happen and it will be driven purely by growth. We have a dream situation waiting there with 60 freighter stands and a cargo facility where we can grow in an unconstrained manner.” HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, chairman, Dubai Aviation City Corporation, said: “Dubai World Central consolidates Dubai’s position as a major international logistics hub. It establishes a strategic link to global markets and plays a crucial role in meeting the present and future needs of Dubai’s aviation, tourism, trade and logistics sectors.”
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“a strategic link to global markets”
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