Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is an international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle East, particularly in the South Asian region, and is the main airport in Dubai.The airport is a hub to Dubai's international airline, Emirates, as well as serving as a secondary hub for the Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways. Other smaller passenger and cargo airlines use the airport as a hub and these include Dolphin Air and Falcon Express Cargo Airlines. Airlines with secondary hubs at the airport include British Gulf International Airlines, Iran Aseman Airlines, DAS Air Cargo, Aero Asia, Air Blue, Iran Air and African Express Airways.
The airport operates flights from Dubai to North America, Europe, South America, East Asia, Southwest Asia, North Asia, Australasia, and Africa. Dubai International Airport will be complemented by Dubai World Central International Airport, a new 140 km² airport that will help handle the influx of travelers well into the future.
Operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Dubai, in 2006, the airport handled 28.7 million passengers and targets 33 million for the year 2007.[2] As of June 2007, there are about 5,713 weekly flights operated by 81 airlines to over 210 cities in 73 countries. An important contributor to the Dubai economy, 13,000 people are employed at the airport. The airport accounts for over S$5.5 billion in output.taken from wikipedia. I was there for 9 hours before continue my flight to Jeddah KSA
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