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Dubai Airport
Dubai International Airport 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 2007, the airport handled 34.3 million passengers and targets 40 million for the year 2008. As of January 2008, the airport served 95,000 passengers per day, and 120 airlines to over 205 destinations. An important contributor to the Dubai economy, 13,000 people are employed at the airport.[citation needed] The airport accounts for over S$5.5 billion in output.
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