Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai airports. Photo: media.dubaiairports.ae
The development of airport infrastructure in India and the fulfillment of Indian ambitions is to develop into nodes that can transfer passengers from different connecting points, must be supported by revisions in seat capacities between two countries, said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Griffiths.
“Of course, the development of airport infrastructure in India will be welcome, because there will be many more points where it will be possible to have direct SAE services, especially Dubai.
He dealt with a question about the efforts of the Center on the development of Indian airports as nodes to reduce traffic leaks to the main international airport.
The Center plans to take over 50 airport development projects in the next five years. These include new airports and existing expansion.
Other seats
SAE promotes another 50,000 weekly seats for Dubai in a two -sided air agreement. Currently, 66,000 seats per week between UAE and India, a quota fully used by airlines of both parties. The proposal includes a 4: 1 seat formula, which allows Indian carriers to operate four additional seats for each additional seat provided to the UAE airlines. This ratio would gradually move to 3: 1, 2: 1 and finally 1: 1 during a specified period that systematically phases in the changes.
Smaller plane
Mr. Griffith is also of the opinion that the world is away from accessing the development of airports, as the development of aircraft technology has allowed a smaller airport to connect a distant airport in an effective way. “This said that in the coming years the number of aircraft with very large abilities will be compared to the number of smaller aircraft.
The second Airport of SAE – Dubai World Central (DWC), or International Airport Al Maktoum, will replace Dubai (DXB) International Airport as the main center in the mid -30s. Expansion of $ 35 billion, approved in April 2024, focuses on 260 million passengers annually with five runways, 400 gates and eight shots. When it opens after the phase of one expansion in 2027, it will have three tracks, almost 120 gates and the capacity of 150 million passengers.
Terminals based on theme
Mr. Griffiths said DWC could have different terminals based on country topics such as India or America. This would mean one terminal for airlines with the same goals. Indian thematic terminal “would not only mean Indian airlines, but will clump flights (different airlines) in the most effective way, so the tracks are optimized because we would like to minimize walking.” Similarly, there could be terminals of Europe and Australlasia.
In 2024, Dubai, the busiest travel center in the world, a total of 9.2 passengers of Crore, of which 1.2 crore traveled to India. 55% of airport users visited Dubai as the final goal, while 45% used it as a connecting hub.
Published – April 17, 2025 21:57
