Typical stuff for this area. No grand objective and practical plan. We have seen it everywhere in the Gulf since 94. EK, here in DXB, may have been the exception to the rule despite starting 8 years earlier where the area was still quiet. The recent creation of Fly Dubai will not affect anything since the infra-structure exists.
To start, well in this case restart, something like this, they must have installed a management team separate from a day-to-day business in order to plan the expansion and trickle it in. They didn't and it will be a long lived mistake despite all the good publicity they will throw to the media and public.