Skies grow crowded in Dubai as air traffic increases 7% - The National

Skies grow crowded in Dubai as air traffic increases 7% - The National:

"The number of aircraft in Dubai's skies increased by more than 7 per cent in the first half of this year, the emirate's aviation authority has revealed.

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) forecasted 375,000 aircraft movements for both Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central (DWC) in 2013, rising to 665,000 in 2020.

"A growth rate of 8.6 per cent of aircraft movement clearly suggests that Dubai International Airport and DWC are on a curve of exponential growth that will see a massive surge in aircraft movement in already-crowded skies. In the first half of 2013, the aircraft movement increased by 7.4 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year," Mohammed Ahli, the DCAA director general, wrote in the August issue of the DCAA's monthly newsletter, Via Dubai."

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