Runway Rivals

摘要

In the desert behind the industrial Dubai suburb of Jebel Ali, the world's biggest airport in area - and perhaps eventually in traffic - is taking shape. Part of the Arab emirate's long-term ambition to create the leading global hub for air freight and long-haul passenger travel, the six-runway Al Maktoum International is also intended to become a major business aviation centre in the next decade, and with 80 hangar plots available, home to a number of fixed-base operations and maintenance facilities.