Dubai International Airport: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Dubai International Airport is a major air facility in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates. Its IATA Airport Code is DXB. Its ICAO Airport Code is OMDB.

The airport is a hub to Dubai's international airline, Emirates.

Because of the many stores in the airport, it is considered a major place to buy duty free goods in that country, which is in turn considered a duty free shopping haven.

Dubai International Airport was conceived in 1959, when His Highness, Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum first ordered construction. It was inaugurated in 1960 with DC-3 plane flights and was home to nine airlines. Today, the airport accepts all kinds of jets.

On 3 July, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, which was on a Tehran-Bandar Abbas-Dubai route, was shot down by an American naval vessel between Bandar Abbas and Dubai. An estimated 300 people were killed in this attack.

On 28 July 2001, a man named Djamel Beghal was arrested at Dubai International Airport while transferring from a flight from Pakistan to a flight to Europe. Beghal admitted to being part of the Paris embassy terrorist attack plot to UAE interrogators. The Al-Qaida suspect was taken to France, where he recanted parts of his statement. The terrorist plot was dismantled by French, Belgian, and Dutch authorities.

Other airlines that fly there are:

• Aero Asia
• Air Algerie
• Air France
• Air India
• Air Kazakstan
• Air Seychelles
• Austrian Airlines
• Azerbaijan Airlines
• Biman Bangladesh
• British Airways
• Cathay Pacific
• Condor
• Cyprus Airways
• Daallo
• Dragonair
• Egypt Air
• Emirates
• Ethiopian Airlines
• Falcon Express
• Finnair
• Gulf Air
• Indian Airlines
• Iran Air
• Jat Airways
• Kenya Airways
• KLM
• Kuwait Airways
• Lufthansa
• Mahan Airlines
• Malaysia Airlines
• Middle East Airlines
• Naft Airlines
• Oman Air
• Pakistan International Airlines
• Qatar Airways
• Royal Brunei
• Royal Jordanian
• Saudi Arabian Airlines
• Shaheen Air
• Siberian Airways
• Singapore Airlines
• Sri Lankan Airlines
• Sudan Airways
• Swiss
• Syrian Arab Airlines
• Tarom
• Thavria Air Company
• Thai Airways
• Transaero
• Transportes Aereos Portugueses
• Turkish Airlines
• Vietnam Airlines
• Yemenia

In addition, the following cargo airlines fly there:

• DAS Air Cargo
• EVA Air Cargo
• FedEx
• Polar Air Cargo
• UPS

Geography and Location

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