Jebel Ali Airport Dubai (and the Great Wall of China from space)

[airhumberside]

Jebel Ali Airport Dubai

Hope this is in the right place - I understand a 2nd airport for Dubai is being built at Jebel Ali, what airlines will operate here?

Thanks

[bigmountain]

Jebel Ali airport

Still early stages. Plan is to have the charter, cargo and and courier ( fedex, ups etc) operators to startup and and as capacity increases move the major airlines fully sometime in 2015.Keeping the past growth of Dubai I suspect earlier.
As part of Jebel Ali airport a whole new city is being built to meet the requirements of the surrrounding area. A rail link is being proposed to cut down travel/ tranfer times between the airports.
Plan is to handle 120million pax

Hope this helps

Bigmountain

[max6462]

120millions passengers: Where are they going to find them ?
I really wonder about their general expansion plan sometimes...
Like we all dream about this "most exotic place" that is DXB...

[tic]

Apparently, 6 runways, and at end of day, current DXB airport will be largely for EK. Jebel- Ali for the rest, with high speed train to DXB and AUH. Rumour has it.

[hann]

max 6462

I understand where you're coming from, but never underestimate the UAE government !

[SecurID]

120millions passengers: Where are they going to find them ? I really wonder about their general expansion plan sometimes...

We all wondered that when the forecasts were 10% of that figure and questioned the ambitious expansion plans ten years ago. That was when there was nothing, and I mean nothing between Defense Roundabout and the Hard Rock Cafe apart from the Metropolitan Hotel. Nobody had even heard of Jebel Ali back then!

[HotDog]

When money is no object, things happen fast; like the following:

In 1976 Sheikh Rashid gave instructions for an ambitious project, the construction of the world's largest man-made harbor at Jebel Ali. When completed in 1979, Jebel Ali Port ranked alongside the Great Wall of China and the Hoover Dam as the only three man-made objects that can be seen from space.

Three years it took, that is all!

[sirwa69]

Had a chat with a senior bod in EK last week. Try to take the p!ss out of him as to what they were going to do with 45 A380's but he just reiterated the figures of 120 million passengers projection.

Apparently the whole world will stop off in Dubai on it's way between Europe, East America and Asia.

Also as there is no room for 45 A380's at the existing airport EK will be one of the first movers to Jebel Ali.

On On

[Paraffin Budgie]

I believe that the first Chinese astronaut was rather embarassed to find out that you cannot see the Great Wall of China from space.

It is, after all, rather narrower than most freeways in the USA, and you can't see them from space.....

[Dr. Evil]

How about the job situation?

ATCOs/ATCAs
MET
Engineers
etc.

Serco or DCA?

Operational 2006... Yeah right! Runway(s), taxiways, apron(s), lighting, navigational aids, terminals/buildings, Control Tower, Fire Service, MET station, procedures/AIP/Jeppesen, you name it.. all up to ICAO recommendations. It all takes time. 2006 I don't think so! Every project in the world concerning ATC/Airports etc is being delayed. FAT/SAT is so easy to reject. 2008 perhaps.

[ODGUY]

I believe that the first Chinese astronaut was rather embarassed to find out that you cannot see the Great Wall of China from space.

Are you sure?



Source

It is not visible from the moon, no man made object is visible, after a few thousand miles nothing is visible other than white, blue, yellow and some green.

[airvlad]

These are microwave radar images, not photos.
It doesn't prove your point.

[SecurID]

For the doubters that believe Dubai does not mean business, how many 'Man Made' objects can you see in this photo? In inis image, the green areas on the ground show up as red. As you can see there is not a lot of 'red' about! And is that the 'secret' airbased at Minhad??

[Paraffin Budgie]

The word is that Palm Island 3 will be visible from space (and so will the traffic jams in Deira while it's being constructed)

[Fox3snapshot]

Hmmmm now what is that lovely little airfield doing in that picture....is that the "West Asian desert location" that can't be talked about?????

[ODGUY]

These are microwave radar images, not photos.

what was my point exactly?

[newswatcher]

From "Airports International" magazine

Jebel Ali Cargo Airport
3 March 2005
Construction of Dubai's Jebel Ali Airport City project got underway in February. Some 25 miles (40km) from the existing Dubai International Airport phased development will focus on cargo traffic followed by passenger terminals. The new airport for the Emirate is expected to begin operation in 2-3 years time. It will have a handling capacity of about 12 million tonnes of cargo and 120 million passengers annually. It will have six parallel runways - all expected to be A380 capable.

Let's hope the "accelerated" development does not lead to another fatal accident, like the one last year at the new Dubai Terminal development!

From "Gulf News"


Here is a comprehensive photo montage of Dubai developments

[Scrubbed]

Comparing The Wall (built by an empire) with an island (built by Dubai Inc.) is a little tacky..... how many habitats did the Wall destroy in its creation??

And I would be surprised if you could see the Great Wall from space. It's a pretty skinny wall and fallen down in most places too.

Anyway what do these photos prove...? Nothing. I think the claim was "see" from space, not "photograph".

You could take of picture of the Wall from uranus if you had powerful-enough equipment and a little help.

With the naked eye (not the brown eye), you would have more chance seeing something a lot bigger, obviously.

Like a city...... say, I dunno. Nagasaki.

Especially if it was all lit up.

[soompak]

One thing I know about Dubai. It's plan like Emirates Airline never fails.

Let us hope that Jebel Ali Airport also be a success.

[SecurID]

Thank F#@K I did not buy a house in the Green Community. That airport is right next door!