New Airport Dubai

With major new airports emerging from the desert and aircraft orders rolling in, the resource-rich Gulf is raising its stake in an industry forecast to boom in the decades ahead.

Dubai has started construction on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, aiming to make it the world's largest. All operations at Dubai International Airport will eventually be shifted to Al Maktoum International Airport.

Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate's ruler said will become "the world's largest" at a cost of almost $35 billion.

This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.

Temperature screening and face masks will become common sights at airports to mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus but physical distancing could make flying more expensive, the head of Dubai airport said.

Mohammed Mansoor Khan, the main accused in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after he landed in New Delhi from Dubai at about 1:50 am today. Central agencies had issued a lookout notice against Mr Khan and "persuaded" him to return to India and join the investigation, sources said.

An Emirates airline flight from Dubai was quarantined at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday morning after passengers became ill during the flight, the airline and New York news media said.

The chief of Qatar Airways on Monday accused American carriers complaining over alleged subsidies to Gulf airlines of "bullying", as he announced new US routes in defiance of mounting airport restrictions.

Major Indian airports outclass international ones for the service provided, says a new survey.

Rs 25 lakh in new 2000 rupee notes were seized by the Mumbai customs department late last night from a passenger leaving for Dubai by a SpiceJet flight.

At least 16 kg gold biscuits hidden in baby diapers were today recovered from a group of fliers from Dubai at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.

Controversial Delhi-based meat exporter Moin Qureshi was today detained at the airport in New Delhi in a money laundering case but managed to give immigration authorities the slip and flew to Dubai after showing a court order in an income tax case, leaving officials red faced.

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers today said they had taken a woman passenger travelling from Dubai to New Delhi into custody after they retrieved gold bars worth Rs 64,38,960 from her possession.

Domestic budget airlines IndiGo has announced direct flights from the Chandigarh to Dubai, starting September, a year after the inauguration of a new terminal at the Chandigarh International Airport.

Dubai International, already the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic, opened a new extension today that will raise its annual capacity to 90 million passengers.

With major new airports emerging from the desert and aircraft orders rolling in, the resource-rich Gulf is raising its stake in an industry forecast to boom in the decades ahead.

Dubai has started construction on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, aiming to make it the world's largest. All operations at Dubai International Airport will eventually be shifted to Al Maktoum International Airport.

Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate's ruler said will become "the world's largest" at a cost of almost $35 billion.

This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.

Temperature screening and face masks will become common sights at airports to mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus but physical distancing could make flying more expensive, the head of Dubai airport said.

Mohammed Mansoor Khan, the main accused in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after he landed in New Delhi from Dubai at about 1:50 am today. Central agencies had issued a lookout notice against Mr Khan and "persuaded" him to return to India and join the investigation, sources said.

An Emirates airline flight from Dubai was quarantined at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday morning after passengers became ill during the flight, the airline and New York news media said.

The chief of Qatar Airways on Monday accused American carriers complaining over alleged subsidies to Gulf airlines of "bullying", as he announced new US routes in defiance of mounting airport restrictions.

Major Indian airports outclass international ones for the service provided, says a new survey.

Rs 25 lakh in new 2000 rupee notes were seized by the Mumbai customs department late last night from a passenger leaving for Dubai by a SpiceJet flight.

At least 16 kg gold biscuits hidden in baby diapers were today recovered from a group of fliers from Dubai at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.

Controversial Delhi-based meat exporter Moin Qureshi was today detained at the airport in New Delhi in a money laundering case but managed to give immigration authorities the slip and flew to Dubai after showing a court order in an income tax case, leaving officials red faced.

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers today said they had taken a woman passenger travelling from Dubai to New Delhi into custody after they retrieved gold bars worth Rs 64,38,960 from her possession.

Domestic budget airlines IndiGo has announced direct flights from the Chandigarh to Dubai, starting September, a year after the inauguration of a new terminal at the Chandigarh International Airport.

Dubai International, already the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic, opened a new extension today that will raise its annual capacity to 90 million passengers.