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Airports: UAE spends billions to enlarge airports

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Passenger traffic more than doubled over seven years

While Europe is trying to reduce the number of its airports, the United Arab Emirates continues to spend billions in airport expansions. "We are trying to catch up with demand. We are not overspending" said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, the chairman of Dubai Airports and Emirates Airlines. It should be said that Dubai's airport passenger traffic more than doubled over seven years, from 24.8...

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