Future Borders: Dubai's aviation contribution to GDP set to escalate

“By then, more than one in three of the workforce will be in an aviation-related job. And those jobs will be oriented around facilitating passenger journeys, using the latest technology and customer-enabling processes,” he told the audience which included senior management of airports, airlines, border control authorities and technology companies from various parts of the world.
Griffiths said that Dubai International airport was also battling against capacity constraints. “Our revised projections for 2020 now exceed 126 million passengers,” he said. “That’s 26 million more than we had thought.”
Griffiths said improved processes and technology would make the difference
“There is no availability of further infrastructure development or space to build at Dubai International,” he said. “We are already the most efficient in terms of use of square metres. We will have to come up with other solutions to satisfy Dubai’s continued thirst for growth. In Dubai, we are building, not talking about building. An unwavering vision to build not just an airport but an engine of economic growth and vital to the growth of the city.”
Griffiths said growth estimates for 2030 would see Dubai’s airports welcoming around 200 million passengers.
In order to meet the demands of the first 100,000 passenger Dubai target, the final stage of a $7.8 billion investment will see the opening of Concourse D at Dubai Intrnational later this year
“ The facility with 17 additional gates will be able to handle 15 million passengers and will be linked to Terminal 1 via an automated people mover,” Griffiths said.
Dubai – now the world’s busiest international airport – has achieved a new record as it averages 208 passengers on each arriving flight.