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@@jonesrmj not sure why you say that DXB is not facing congestion issues like Heathrow? In fact before the pandemic, DXB is similarly congested. There are a few things that elevates or worsen DXB situation... 1) Emirates huge fleet of A380 means they are able to carry much more passengers in and out of the airport with less trips or flights departure. That is why we see DXB is able to handle 85M pax in 2019 vs LHR 81M. 2) DXB 2 runway is too close to each other thus it does not allow for simultaneous landing or departure. This further limits the aircraft movements of the airport. 3) DXB resorted to 24hrs operation filling up all the wee hours slots just to reduce the congestion. Unlike LHR, which still limits aircraft movements between 11pm-5am. 4) to make things worse, day time temperature in summer occasionally goes beyond an acceptable range and further limits the aircraft take off schedules. 5) expansion of LCC fly dubai further cannibalised the already limited runway slots. Fly dubai was later moved to DWC to allow for Emirates expansion as the next phases of DWC was further delayed. In its current stage, DWC could not handle the enormous operations and traffic brought around by Emirates. 6) Emirates faces fierce competition from rival Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. Emirates which was slot restricted could only operate trunk routes using larger aircraft to ensure steady growth while rivals are able to experiment with smaller aircraft flying to secondary destinations bypassing major hubs. This is detrimental to the airline as it heavily dependent on transit passengers and it's inability to offer direct flights saw Emirates struggled in generating new revenue and open new markets. 7) Dubai is not such a big tourist city after all. Foreign airlines are less interested to offer flights to Dubai as they face steep pricing competition from Emirates. Instead they struck code sharing agreement with Emirates to operate the flights thus cutting down their risk and also allow for Emirates to fill up their A380 with 600 passengers each flight. So in short DXB is really heavily congested like Heathrow but due to certain circumstances it did not badly inflate the slot cost at DXB unlike LHR. DWC is a much needed airport for Emirates and other tenants there even after the global pandemic crippling the aviation industry.
@@chingweixion621 I did mention that there's congestion, but I didn't mention congestion problems as much for DXB because statistically, it’s not as bad compared to Heathrow. Look at the landing slot costs in Heathrow vs Dubai. Yes some of the things you said are true, but it doesn’t mean DXB is as congested as LHR.
Construction has basically always been slow, and now stopped completely. As usual Dubai bit off more than it can chew. I wonder if Abu Dhabi will have to help foot the bill again
It’s unclear it will ever be built out. It’s been put on hold indefinitely any further expansion they ran out of money it’s been going on for at least 15 years now.
Yeah, the phases have slowed down cos realistically Emirates itself has said it has peaked, even before the pandemic. In other words, even before Covid, DXB had largely reached the busiest it was gonna get, and it handled all that traffic pretty well, so where was the urgent need for a much larger airport at huge cost when the new expectation was that it wasn't really needed? Covid has hit Dubai's traffic really hard, it basically fell 80% in 2020 (the only major airports hit worse are in the Far East/SE Asia), at the very least that's likely to take 2/3 years to even reach 2018/19 levels which DXB could handle, so the need for a larger Dubai hub has been pushed out even further, I'm not sure it'll even get past the 1st 2 phases now. We'll have to see how fast aviation comes back, but an 80% fall (World average fall was 64%) is just unheard-of, no one has any idea just how this is gonna look over the next 3/4 years, but for an example, after the 2008 Financial Crisis, it took aviation 2 years to get back to 2007/08 levels in a lot of places, and those drops weren't even remotely close to 65-80% we've seen in this Pandemic.
@@jonesrmj That's the smart thing with doing it in phases these days eh, the option's always there in the overall plan to just add the next phase if you need it.
Unfortunately what isn’t taken into account when the runways need to be serviced or something happens on the runway the airport loses 50% of its capacity then causing massive delays.
I dont ever see this airport being built out completely. First, it is going to take years for demand to come back. Second, the tall and beautiful skyline's buildings have a whole lot of empty space in them. Third aircraft technology with the 787 and A350 aircraft are facilitating non-stop flights that will be able to by-pass this hub and then add in the new airport in Istanbul which is aggressively courting this market as well. The demand just isnt there, and it isn't going to be there. If they route all cargo through this new airport there is more than enough capacity at the older airport. This would be...like the skyline, more vanity that purpose.
So what’s gonna happen with the regular DXB?? Is emirates transferring all their operations/Dubai hub to world central and are they gonna demolish the old DXB? Although the concept is intriguing there’s really no purpose in building this cause DXB is already so up to date, successful, and massive.
@@jonesrmj that’d be pretty ideal!!! Seems a little unnecessary though lmao I just watched your Heathrow project video and something like that seems WAY more needed than the billions of dollars for this good enough of an airport switch lol
Tbh I see this becoming a nightmare for taxi times and walking times. Due to the proposed size of the airport it would take forever to do much of anything
The exterior doesn't look nearly as good as that of the current airport IMO. Also, with how discriminatory the UAE is I'm not sure if they'd ever be the 'busiest in the world'
This doesn't really grab me as a must see airport- like most things in the Dubai and Saudi Arabia regions things are being built leaps and bounds as a way to siphoning off the oil money in infrastructure. As a result the country is looking like a modern day NYC...but Dubai doesn't have the population growth to accelerate its planned economic vision and the region is still a hot bed that can erupt any day. But they have the money and they cant really take it with them when they die so they have to invest it and name it in their name.SMH...Royalty and poverty - what a gross reflection of inequality in the 21st century.
I don’t think Dubai gets enough visitors to rectify having an airport that gargantuan. Also, what happens when the oil runs out and the tourist stop coming? And it’s not like it’s a stopover spot to refuel either.
These are good points, but Dubai is one of the biggest hubs in the world for aviation. It also is the busiest airport in the world for international travelers to connect through.
I agree, At the same time though, this can also be a great time to upgrade airports since they can speed up the construction process with less people passing through.
It will be big, but not very pretty. It's basically a series of square empty shells that will be configured differently inside. It's an efficient design, but boring too. It's kind of like the Costco of Airports.
I don’t think it will ever be built. It was a way to crazy plan and would be waaaay to big. Especially since the hub system is slowly crumbling, which means emirates will lose many passengers. Also Dubai is overall losing to inhabitants.
The airport is an on indefinite hold for further expansion it has been for a while Well before the pandemic. They ran out of money. It’s unlikely to ever be built out to that initial plan from 1520 years ago
Before the Pandemic the completion date was 2025. Work won't have completely stopped for 5 years. I expect that 2030 will just be an outer-marker & that more than likely it will be finished sometime in 2027 or 2028 at the latest.😉
it should name middle east or Arab center instead of world center , because if China or Russian built it could bigger and 5 to 10 times expensive than Dubai did
Sort of unrealistic planning and it could ended up a money pit . Emirates don’t needed it when it already have a fleet of A380 which make Dubai airport never in capacity constraints.
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Question of the Day - What do you think of Dubai World Central Airport? Do you think it should be built?
Are Emirates Cabin Crew going to be working there
@@katlegomakgoka8149 I’m pretty sure they would.
@@jonesrmj not sure why you say that DXB is not facing congestion issues like Heathrow? In fact before the pandemic, DXB is similarly congested. There are a few things that elevates or worsen DXB situation...
1) Emirates huge fleet of A380 means they are able to carry much more passengers in and out of the airport with less trips or flights departure. That is why we see DXB is able to handle 85M pax in 2019 vs LHR 81M.
2) DXB 2 runway is too close to each other thus it does not allow for simultaneous landing or departure. This further limits the aircraft movements of the airport.
3) DXB resorted to 24hrs operation filling up all the wee hours slots just to reduce the congestion. Unlike LHR, which still limits aircraft movements between 11pm-5am.
4) to make things worse, day time temperature in summer occasionally goes beyond an acceptable range and further limits the aircraft take off schedules.
5) expansion of LCC fly dubai further cannibalised the already limited runway slots. Fly dubai was later moved to DWC to allow for Emirates expansion as the next phases of DWC was further delayed. In its current stage, DWC could not handle the enormous operations and traffic brought around by Emirates.
6) Emirates faces fierce competition from rival Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. Emirates which was slot restricted could only operate trunk routes using larger aircraft to ensure steady growth while rivals are able to experiment with smaller aircraft flying to secondary destinations bypassing major hubs. This is detrimental to the airline as it heavily dependent on transit passengers and it's inability to offer direct flights saw Emirates struggled in generating new revenue and open new markets.
7) Dubai is not such a big tourist city after all. Foreign airlines are less interested to offer flights to Dubai as they face steep pricing competition from Emirates. Instead they struck code sharing agreement with Emirates to operate the flights thus cutting down their risk and also allow for Emirates to fill up their A380 with 600 passengers each flight.
So in short DXB is really heavily congested like Heathrow but due to certain circumstances it did not badly inflate the slot cost at DXB unlike LHR. DWC is a much needed airport for Emirates and other tenants there even after the global pandemic crippling the aviation industry.
@@chingweixion621 I did mention that there's congestion, but I didn't mention congestion problems as much for DXB because statistically, it’s not as bad compared to Heathrow. Look at the landing slot costs in Heathrow vs Dubai. Yes some of the things you said are true, but it doesn’t mean DXB is as congested as LHR.
You'd need to take a flight to get from one side of the airport to the other
Lol it definitely is huge but not that huge! Thanks for watching!
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Construction has basically always been slow, and now stopped completely. As usual Dubai bit off more than it can chew. I wonder if Abu Dhabi will have to help foot the bill again
I'm already thinking of the loooong time you'll sit while the plane taxis to the terminal, when all you want to do is disembark
Dubai should build this airport in the future it will be amazing
When this airport will open???
Please make a video on Jewar Int'l Airport, Noida, India.
And on Navi Mumbai Int'l Airport, Navi Mumbai, India too...
Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll maybe look into them!
Better use as cargo hub, low cost carrier, aircraft storage, as well as conventional & exhibition centre given the airport massive area.
It already is used as a cargo hub after the first phase opened. Once fully complete, it will be able to do all of these things and more.
this airport will be in the top ten airports when built
I’m sure it will be, it looks beautiful! Thanks for watching!
It’s unclear it will ever be built out. It’s been put on hold indefinitely any further expansion they ran out of money it’s been going on for at least 15 years now.
No hate but you used Istanbul airport as one of the photos
Oops. My bad.
one of the pics inside is from istanbul airport
Heathrow is congested. Why? It has night curfew closing airport for 6 hours everyday and Dubai is running 24/7.
Wow it fits Airbus A380
Great
If I designed the airport, I would build an airside check in terminal right near downtown as well just because
Yeah, the phases have slowed down cos realistically Emirates itself has said it has peaked, even before the pandemic. In other words, even before Covid, DXB had largely reached the busiest it was gonna get, and it handled all that traffic pretty well, so where was the urgent need for a much larger airport at huge cost when the new expectation was that it wasn't really needed?
Covid has hit Dubai's traffic really hard, it basically fell 80% in 2020 (the only major airports hit worse are in the Far East/SE Asia), at the very least that's likely to take 2/3 years to even reach 2018/19 levels which DXB could handle, so the need for a larger Dubai hub has been pushed out even further, I'm not sure it'll even get past the 1st 2 phases now.
We'll have to see how fast aviation comes back, but an 80% fall (World average fall was 64%) is just unheard-of, no one has any idea just how this is gonna look over the next 3/4 years, but for an example, after the 2008 Financial Crisis, it took aviation 2 years to get back to 2007/08 levels in a lot of places, and those drops weren't even remotely close to 65-80% we've seen in this Pandemic.
Yeah, I think this will definitely get delayed and maybe even downscaled.
@@jonesrmj That's the smart thing with doing it in phases these days eh, the option's always there in the overall plan to just add the next phase if you need it.
@@Muzakman37 Yeah agreed!
Insane as in WOW!
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
Unfortunately what isn’t taken into account when the runways need to be serviced or something happens on the runway the airport loses 50% of its capacity then causing massive delays.
You should get a better microphone and recording place, as it sound with alot of echo, which in hand spoils the great quality of your content.
Thanks for the feedback!
I dont ever see this airport being built out completely. First, it is going to take years for demand to come back. Second, the tall and beautiful skyline's buildings have a whole lot of empty space in them. Third aircraft technology with the 787 and A350 aircraft are facilitating non-stop flights that will be able to by-pass this hub and then add in the new airport in Istanbul which is aggressively courting this market as well. The demand just isnt there, and it isn't going to be there. If they route all cargo through this new airport there is more than enough capacity at the older airport. This would be...like the skyline, more vanity that purpose.
So what’s gonna happen with the regular DXB?? Is emirates transferring all their operations/Dubai hub to world central and are they gonna demolish the old DXB? Although the concept is intriguing there’s really no purpose in building this cause DXB is already so up to date, successful, and massive.
Good question. I don’t know. Maybe the old DXB will be used for regional connectivity and the new DWC will be used for long haul international travel.
@@jonesrmj that’d be pretty ideal!!! Seems a little unnecessary though lmao I just watched your Heathrow project video and something like that seems WAY more needed than the billions of dollars for this good enough of an airport switch lol
@@karimianaviation I agree. I don’t think Dubai desperately needs a new massive airport.
I gather that Dubai's World Central Airport is currently being used to store many of Emirates a380s during the COVID-19 economic impact.
Tbh I see this becoming a nightmare for taxi times and walking times. Due to the proposed size of the airport it would take forever to do much of anything
That is a good point!
Dubai looks like someone built a skyscraper strip mall in the middle of an American suburb
I mean, you’re aren’t really wrong lol.
All 5 runways lay in the same direction. The wind direction in the region must be steady year around.
Yes it is. Dubai rarely receives any rain. Lived in Dubai for 2 decades and there has been maybe thunderstorms maybe twice?
At first it appeared like some printed circuit board🤣🤣🤣🤣
The exterior doesn't look nearly as good as that of the current airport IMO.
Also, with how discriminatory the UAE is I'm not sure if they'd ever be the 'busiest in the world'
Is it going to be owned by Emirates?
I don’t know about “owned” but it definitely will be a hub for them.
This doesn't really grab me as a must see airport- like most things in the Dubai and Saudi Arabia regions things are being built leaps and bounds as a way to siphoning off the oil money in infrastructure. As a result the country is looking like a modern day NYC...but Dubai doesn't have the population growth to accelerate its planned economic vision and the region is still a hot bed that can erupt any day. But they have the money and they cant really take it with them when they die so they have to invest it and name it in their name.SMH...Royalty and poverty - what a gross reflection of inequality in the 21st century.
I don’t think Dubai gets enough visitors to rectify having an airport that gargantuan. Also, what happens when the oil runs out and the tourist stop coming? And it’s not like it’s a stopover spot to refuel either.
These are good points, but Dubai is one of the biggest hubs in the world for aviation. It also is the busiest airport in the world for international travelers to connect through.
Don't see a control tower
I’m sure there will be one. At least hopefully lol.
i think the uae should wait because there is much less air traffic and building this airport now would be a huge waste of money
I agree, At the same time though, this can also be a great time to upgrade airports since they can speed up the construction process with less people passing through.
@@jonesrmj yes that is great
It will be big, but not very pretty. It's basically a series of square empty shells that will be configured differently inside. It's an efficient design, but boring too. It's kind of like the Costco of Airports.
Hopefully the inside looks nice!
I don’t think it will ever be built. It was a way to crazy plan and would be waaaay to big. Especially since the hub system is slowly crumbling, which means emirates will lose many passengers. Also Dubai is overall losing to inhabitants.
The airport is an on indefinite hold for further expansion it has been for a while Well before the pandemic. They ran out of money. It’s unlikely to ever be built out to that initial plan from 1520 years ago
Yeah, I was referring to that when I was talking about it being on hold due to financial issues.
Before the Pandemic the completion date was 2025.
Work won't have completely stopped for 5 years. I expect that 2030 will just be an outer-marker & that more than likely it will be finished sometime in 2027 or 2028 at the latest.😉
busiest airport in the world 2050?
Who knows, Maybe!
it should name middle east or Arab center instead of world center , because if China or Russian built it could bigger and 5 to 10 times expensive than Dubai did
The airport is abnormally large 😐
The old airport felt very dated. I didn't like transiting through it, and I would much rather fly the other way and pass via HK.
Oh really? I've never been to DXB, but from pictures, it looked very nice to me.
May be true in Terminals 1 & 2 used by other international airlines, but not with Terminal 3 used by Qantas and Emirates Airlines.
Sort of unrealistic planning and it could ended up a money pit . Emirates don’t needed it when it already have a fleet of A380 which make Dubai airport never in capacity constraints.
They wont spend that amount of money on an airport, trust me
😩" Leave it to Dubai to outdo All others, whether necessary or not. "
2:09 Why would an Arab country have a airport design full of cross XD
Two lines bisecting each other does not mean it is a cross. You cant claim such a simple shape
Makes no sense, when a lot of airlines face going bankrupt
Dubai's economy has collapsed! Countless projects cancelled...I think people are realizing it's a cool place, but in the end, it's all desert.
It's gone be cancelled, thxs to covid and the pandemic era...
I don't know about cancelled, but I definitely could see it be dramatically downscaled at the minimum.
@@jonesrmj It's a good news at least ;)
Not impressed, and reeks of typical "out Jonesing" everyone else.