Amid lavishing cities of the world, Dubai is swiftly emulating to become a country that could boast of special things in every sphere of life, especially Dubai’s passion to come up as a country with largest as well as biggest structures is quite amazing. Burj Dubai- the world’s largest skyscraper is under construction, the biggest manmade ‘Palm islands’, The Burj al-Arab hotel - the world tallest hotel are some of the best examples of dubai’s passion.
Now the pearl of Middle East is gearing to build world’s largest airport, targeting about 120 million passengers a year on completion. The construction work is continuing on a large scale so that construction would may be completed within fixed time limit. So far, one runway has almost completed, while five other runways are expected to complete by the end of 2008,
With an estimated cost that can reach to $US33 billion ($A42.81 billion), the airport is also expected to be the world’s biggest cargo hub, with a capacity to handle 12 million tones annually.
Notably, the airport is part of the Dubai World Central (DWC) mega-project, which has initiated many massive projects in Dubai. In a short span of time city has transformed itself into a dynamic regional economic and tourist power with world-class infrastructure. As far as the real estate is concerned, no country seems to compete Dubai.
Via: TheAge
