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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Why Dubai is shutting its main airport

Dubai International Airport (DXB) is set to close, with UK travellers rerouted to the city’s second airfield – once its $35 billion expansion is complete.

Flights out of the popular UAE aviation hub will be moved as part of long-term plans to make Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) five times the size of DXB.

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