John Doe II I don't know where you got your stats from for CDG but according to a report from Air Transport World July 2005, the annual movements for CDG were 516,457, which is a daily movement figure of 1,414.
I don't know about you but I would have thought that workload would be reduced if you can land your light aircraft on the short runway and the big guys on the long runway, whereas at Dubai the slow guys have to land on the same runway as the quick guys, which surely means the workload is higher.
Thanks for putting me onto Gatwick though as an example because latest available figures show that Gatwick handles 241,489 movements (an annual increase of just 2.8%) or 661 movements a day. Dubai last month had about 19,000 movements for the month, and March is traditionally one of the quietest months for the year (an annualised increase of 14%), or 630 movements a day, all with taxiways closed due to works in progress etc. This also with a high proportion of "interesting" Russian and Eastern operators.
Again I say Dubai is not a doddle, and it is time to show a little respect to the guys and girls who work there.
P.S I just found the latest figures for LGW, and they currently have 245,104 movements a year, that is 671 movements daily. Throw a dyce where exactly did you pluck you +150 figure from ??? If you guys consider Dubai to be a doddle then so is LGW.
Last edited by AirNoServicesAustralia; 27th April 2006 at 05:24.