Dubai unveils worlds largest airport terminal building on 14th Oct
Published by DJ October 12th, 2008 in Living, Moving, News, Tourism.Grand Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport is set to open on 14th Oct! Dubai has set another record with the soon to open massive Terminal 3 at the Dubai International Airport. This magnificent project with world-class facilities such as spas, hotels, swimming pools, designer lounges, and even two indoor Zen gardens, will be the new home of the Emirates Airline. To get an idea of the size, consider the following statistics from a media source:
“Scheduled to open on October 14 for passengers bound for Gulf countries and the US, movement around the airport’s six floors, most of them underground, has been facilitated by 157 lifts, 97 escalators, 82 moving walkways and 27 truck lifts and eight ‘Sky Trains” that can handle 47 people each…It has taken 10 million cubic metres of soil (which can fill 4,000 swimming pools), 33,000 tonnes of structural steel and 450 tonnes of reinforcement to put the terminal together. For a project of this scale, the car park itself is equivalent to 33 football fields, while the departures area at Level 3 is more than 51 hectares in size (515,000 square metres) — the size of 94 football fields.”
http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20009978.html
Another media source stated:
“With the new Terminal 3 (T3) and Concourse 2, the airport will be able to handle 60 million passengers annually, a target it is projected to reach within three years.”
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081009/NATIONAL/472844316/0/FRONTPAGE
Here’s another news source:
“HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Airports and Chairman & CEO, Emirates Airline & Group, commented: “The new Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International will make a significant contribution to the far-reaching strategic plan and the vision for Dubai’s future, as directed by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which sets a target of 15 million visitors to Dubai by 2015. The facility will play a leading role in firmly establishing Dubai’s position as a world centre for business, finance, sports and culture.”
http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidWAM20081009150022498/Emirates%20Terminal%203%20Revealed%20to%20the%20Media
Watch the video:
http://www.emirates.com/ae/english/flash/terminal3_video.aspx
