Dubai airport today is among the busiest in the world; a hub of international flights that connect various different parts of the world because the strategic location of the city at the confluence of West and East. However it had humble beginnings. An Emirates Airline tweet recently demonstrated the stark contrast between past and present on #ThrowbackThursday.
The tweet shows two picture of Dubai airport; the one on the left a picture dating back to 1960 and the one of the right being a current picture.
The Dubai airport serviced 90 million passengers last year, making it the busiest airport in the world. When one commentator questioned this claim, the official Atlanta Airport Twitter handle confirmed the fact that Dubai handles the highest number of international passengers in the world though Atlanta is the busiest in the world overall.
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum had ordered the construction of the airport in 1959.
Dubai airport then and now is so different as to be completely unrecognisable. The tweeple were very interested in knowing more about the airport.
Others also shared old pictures of the Dubai airport as it was then: The 1,800 mt runway of compacted sand could handle smaller airplanes, had three turning areas, a small terminal and an apron.
According to one report, millennials vote Dubai as the 'Best Airport for Retail Environment'.
One commentator shared the that the first passenger plane that landed at Dubai international airport was a Pakistan international airline plane.
This twitter user commented that the throwback picture of Dubai airport featured an Air India flight. This is true; the letters Air India are clearly visible. This demonstrates the fact that UAE’s India connection goes way back.
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