Overview
- Project execution is underway with authorities reporting more than 10 million work‑hours logged and AED 13 billion of contracts currently being implemented.
- Officials say strategic contracts exceeding AED 55 billion are expected to be tendered and awarded in the coming months to move the program into a heavy procurement and delivery phase.
- The expansion is being delivered in multiple phases with the first phase targeted to open in 2032 under continued oversight from Dubai’s senior leadership.
- When complete, developers describe the airport as a super‑hub with capacity above 250 million passengers a year, multiple parallel runways, two passenger terminals and extensive gates and cargo facilities.
- Dubai frames the project as a long‑term economic engine tied to its D33 agenda, with officials warning that the AED 55 billion figure is a planned pipeline that still requires formal tendering and contract signings.