Coming Soon: The World's Largest Airport And 'Logistics City'

Posted by: Chris Steins

9 May 2006 - 1:00pm

Billing itself as the world's largest airport and logistics center, "Dubai World Central" would be twice the size of Hong Kong Island, with an airport, office and residential zones and a golf resort. A light rail system would link the city's zones.

"Dubai World Central also creates the worldâ€™s first truly integrated multi-modal logistics platform with all transportation modes, logistics and value-added services, such as product manufacturing and assembly in a single-bonded free zone environment made up of Dubai Logistics City, Dubai World Central International Airport and Jebel Ali Port.

...This new facility will be 10 times the size of the current Dubai International Airport and Dubai Cargo Village combined. Its passenger capacity of over 120 million passengers a year can be judged in context alongside the worldâ€™s busiest airport Atlanta which in 2004, for which the latest figures are available, handled 83.5 million passengers.

...Spanning 25 square kilometres, Dubai Logistics City is designed to ultimately handle 12 million tonnes of air cargo annually in up to 16 air cargo terminals.

...The entire Dubai World Central complex will be served throughout by the latest technology solutions for security, transport and customer service. An internal light rail network will link the whole of Dubai World Central which will also be served by the Dubai Light Rail Network (Dubai Metro)."

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Source: Travel Daily News, May 4, 2006