As a result of this fog event, the key players for traffic into and out of DXB have agreed to a nightly conference call at 11pm to discuss relevant matters and strategies to minimise disruption as much as possible. The involved parties are DXB airports, Major airlines, ATC, MET and the CAAs.
Points of note are stands available, available diversion airports and capacities, ATC capacity, Airline key priority aircraft, Arrival rates and MET forecasts and observations.
The call will happen nightly as above at 11pm and a timeline for future calls established based on threat levels of weather, traffic or other. The night following the event, there was a 45 minute interval throughout the night of calls as the conditions were predicted to be similar. MET in particular were excellent with their predictions and real time advice.
The event did not reoccur but the planning was certainly in place had it been different.
In this region, nothing similar has ever been in place and it will certainly be the first step in a coordinated effort in at least keeping everyone informed as to what to expect and what is actually happening to react accordingly.