With an incredibly close timetable of only 45 days to finish, Dubai air terminal’s North Runway Rehabilitation project is in progress as expected and is booked to open for flight traffic on June 22, 2022.
Sheik Ahmed container Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, on Wednesday, visited the North Runway at Dubai International Airport to audit the advancement of the restoration works.
During the site visit, Sheik Ahmed was informed on the headway of the undertaking and the endeavors made by different global groups – led by UAE public skill from the Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP) to guarantee the work is finished inside the set time span.
Sheik Ahmed lauded the endeavors of the groups, and said, “The North Runway Rehabilitation project is a striking move toward our endeavors to work with and cook for the constant development of travelers and backing the advancement of the air transport industry in the emirate.
“Dubai continually tries to guarantee the flexibility of its air terminal framework and upgrade the administrations gave to all travelers through conveying the most recent best in class advancements.”
The most recent recovery project incorporated a labor force of north of 400 designers and field specialists, as well as a workforce of around 3,800 individuals.
The North Runway went through a significant restoration in 2014, trailed by the South Runway in 2019 which incorporated a move up to the advances conveyed, as a feature of a customary support program to guarantee the strength and nonstop accessibility of the landing strip.
Moving toward the finish of its asphalt life, and keeping in mind that air terminal traffic is seeing a forceful bounce back post Covid-19, the choice to restore the North Runway was taken to not affect the air terminal’s activity in the following ten years.
The recovery works included the whole 4,500 meters remaking of the focal portion of the runway, all related runways and evaluated security strips. In excess of 295,000 tons of unique blend black-top and 125,000 tons of cement have been put nearby starting from the beginning of the attempts to date.
More than 4,230 completely addressable cutting edge LED Airfield Lighting (AFL) has been updated and reinstalled.
Likewise, the most recent innovation in the Navigational Aid and the Meteorological Equipment (MET) frameworks were introduced to work on the wellbeing and increment the functional limit of the North Runway.
