HGM 2011 - Dubai, UAE
Air Travel
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Dubai International Airport |
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Dubai enjoys a central geographical location with flying range of seven hours or less from Europe, Asia, India and many parts of Africa, direct flights to and from all five continents together with one of the finest airports in the world that is set to handle approx. 60 million passengers by 2010.
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Dubai International has experienced extreme growth in the number of passengers, total freight, and total aircraft movements over the past decade. From 1997 to 2007, the number of annual passengers increased by 316 percent. As of January 2008, the airport served 95,000 passengers per day, and 120 airlines to over 205 destinations. Direct flights are now available to and from all of the continents in the world. |
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Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
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Human Genome Organisation |
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Centre for Arab Genomic Studies |
