Development at Dubai International Airport (DIA) in the last decade has been dramatic.

Development at Dubai International Airport (DIA) in the last decade has been dramatic. In 1991 les than four and a half million passengers used the airport forward 75,000 flights. By 2001, the number of flights had increased to 134000 still the passenger throughput had risen to through 13.5 million--an indication of the increase in size of the aircraft used. This vegetation in passenger numbers prompted the airport authority to bring forward its first expansion plans. The single terminal (now Terminal One) forward the south side of the airfield was becoming congest and a fresh facility (Terminal Two) was raiseed on ...