Challenges And Issues

Transferring of goods to and from Dubai International Airport, Dubai

Airport Free Zone and other free zones will the a problem faced
initially by DWC.
Trucks that are over 2.5 tons are not allowed to use major urban
roads.
Small or mini vans have to run from airports to every other shop
located in Dubai or in any other Emirates.
Merchandize transfer will have to bypass the customs to hustle up the
process.
The location of the airport which is in the middle of the city is an
issue.
The unpredictable season of rain destroys pallets attached with PC.
Limited space to expand (Dubai logistics city, Jebel Ali Port and Free
Zone and Jebel Ali International airport)
Roadmaps
Airbus 2009-2029 Global Market Forecast states that the air traffic in
the next 15 years will get doubled.
Emirates expansion with 200 aircrafts on order and currently is
operating 153 aircrafts.
Emirates seeking the increasing demand of passengers have ordered
90 A380 aircrafts. It makes it the biggest A380 aircraft operator. Also
Emirates is the largest operator of Boeing 777 worldwide.
Dubai airports forecasts their passenger numbers and airfreight
volumes to double by 2020:
Passengers - 47.2 million in 2010 to 98.5 million passengers by 2020
Volume - 2.2 million tonnes in 2010 to 4.1 million tonnes by 2020
Dubai Airports strategic plan 2020 (SP 2020) which is said to be the
master plan of ten years puts emphasis on aggressive expansion plans
for airfields, stands, airspace and terminal space at Dubai
International.