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A Fresh, Practical & First-Hand Perspective on Dubai
City
Welcome to the Dubai City
Information, your practical first-hand guide to Dubai! This is
the first website online that provides practical and comprehensive information
on Dubai all from a first-hand perspective.
Transportation in Dubai
Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. The Terminal is
exclusively for Emirates Airline
Abras are the traditional mode of transport between
Deira and Bur Dubai
Transport in Dubai is controlled by the Roads and Transport authority. The
public transport network, faces huge congestion and reliability issues, which a
large investment programme is attempting to address, including over AED70
billion of improvements planned for completion by 2020, when the population of
the city will exceed 3 million.
Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB), the hub for Emirates Airline, services
the city of Dubai and other emirates in the country. Dubai International Airport
served a total of over 37 million passengers and handled over 1.8 million tons
of cargo in 2008.
In 2008, Dubai International Airport was the 20th busiest airport in the world
and, with over 35 million international passengers, the 6th busiest
international airport in the world, in terms of international passenger traffic.
In addition to being an important passenger traffic hub, the airport is one of
the busiest cargo airports in the world, handling 1.824 million tonnes of cargo
in 2008, making it the 11th busiest airport in the world, a 9.4% increase of
cargo traffic since 2007. Emirates Airline is the national airline of Dubai, and
operates internationally to 101 destinations in 61 countries across 6
continents.
The development of Dubai World Central International Airport, currently under
construction in Jebel Ali, was announced in 2004. The first phase is expected to
be completed by 2010, and once operational the new airport will host foreign
airlines and emirates with an exclusive terminal for them.
The Public Bus Transport system in Dubai is run by the Roads and Transport
Authority (RTA). The bus system services 69 routes and transported over about 90
million people in 2006. The Transport authority has announced the construction
of 500 air-conditioned (A/C) Passenger Bus Shelters, and has plan for 1000 more
across the emirates in a move to encourage the use of public buses.
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