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Shaikh Mohammed inspects Emirates’ Airbus A380
Concourse 3, , the world’s first dedicated facility at the Dubai
International Airport that is home to the airline’s growing fleet of
super jumbos.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of
Dubai, urged the staff at the Dubai International Airport to “show good
conduct” and to leave the passengers with a smile of satisfaction on
their faces, “reflecting genuine Arab generosity and hospitality”. This,
he said, will elevate the UAE’s prominent standing in regional and
international circles.
“Welcoming guests of the country with a sweet
smile and pleasant words, and assisting whoever needs help — children,
patients and the elderly — promotes the genuine essence of our
hospitable people and contributes to attracting tourists to our country
to know our heritage and culture,” Shaikh Mohammed affirmed.
Shaikh Mohammed made these comments on Sunday
while inspecting the Emirates’ Airbus A380 Concourse 3, the world’s
first dedicated facility at the Dubai International Airport that is home
to the airline’s growing fleet of super jumbos.
Shaikh Mohammed, accompanied by Shaikh Maktoum
bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and other
senior officials, got a first hand look at the quality of world-class
services and facilities provided by the airport authorities to inbound
and outbound travellers at the Dubai airport.
Warm welcome
Shaikh Mohammed began his tour at the Departures
Hall at Concourse 3, where he inspected Emirates’ check-in counters,
baggage screening facilities and passport counters. He interacted with
passport officers, urging them to “accord a warm welcome” to travellers.
He then took the internal monorail connecting
Concourse 3 to Concourse A, where the passengers board the superjumbo
Airbus A 380. He toured the different facilities there and expressed
satisfaction at the services being provided for the convenience of
travellers.
Shaikh Mohammed shuttled back to the Arrivals Hall at Concourse 3, where he inspected the baggage handling tracking system.
He expressed satisfaction at the level of
existing coordination between the Emirates Group and the General
Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA). The new smart
travel system, which will be introduced early next year, will help
travellers process departure procedures at Emirates’ counters without
the need for any immigration counters or officers.
Acting Director-General of the GDRFA
Major-General Obeid bin Muhair told Shaikh Mohammed that more than one
million passengers passed through the Dubai Airport since the Eid Al
Fitr holiday.
Concourse D
Shaikh Mohammed and his accompanying delegation
also stopped at Concourse D, currently under construction as part of the
airport’s latest expansion plans to increase capacity. Once operational
by the fourth quarter of 2015, the terminal will leverage the airport
capacity to accommodate 92 million passengers.
Shaikh Mohammed was briefed by Khalifa Al
Zafeen, the CEO of Dubai Airports, about the design, components and
state-of-the-art facilities of the terminal, which will have the
capacity to welcome 18 million passengers and 17 planes (Boeing 777 and
Airbus A-380).
The Dh4 billion Concourse D, Al Zafeen said,
will be 700 metres long and 47 metres wide and will be connected with
Terminal 1 via a 350-metre elevated rail link.
Shaikh Mohammed expressed satisfaction with the
progress of work on the ambitious project, which he considers an
extension of the airport’s modernisation plan.
He emphasised on the need to complete the
project as scheduled, with a firm commitment to the highest standards of
security, safety and provision of all forms of convenience to
travellers of all nationalities.
(WAM)
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