Dubai World Central Airport Grows In Jebel Ali
Plans for the Dubai World Central, also known as Al Maktoum International Airport, include establishing several free zones and real estate projects. DWC saw 8,200 aircraft movements–mostly cargo and training flights–in 2011, its first full year of operation.
Plans for the Dubai World Central, also known as Al Maktoum International Airport, include establishing several free zones and real estate projects. DWC saw 8,200 aircraft movements–mostly cargo and training flights–in 2011, its first full year of operation.

Construction began on the port at Jebel Ali in 1978, but it wasn’t until around 1985 that the man-made facility–generally recognized as the bedrock of Dubai’s modern-day success–started to fulfill its potential–and the emirate’s knack for turning ideas into world-beating projects shouldn’t be underestimated. Although Dubai World Central (DWC) airport has seen the global downturn delay plans to turn it into the city’s main aviation hub, Khalifa Al Zaffin, executive chairman of government-owned Dubai Aviation City Corp., whose main responsibility is construction at Dubai Aviation City, told AIN that long-term plans for the airport remain in place.