The expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport into Dubai's second mega   
   airport will not be completed until 2030, the government of the emirate   
   reports in writing a tender for the substructure. That is five years later   
   than the earlier planned opening in 2025.   
       
   Al Maktoum, better known as Dubai World Central (DWC), is currently still a   
   small airport mainly used by freight carriers and price fighters, but Dubai   
   wants to expand this airport to an annual capacity of 130 million passengers   
   (and in the long term 260 million ).   
       
   The plan is to move Emirates to Al Maktoum after the expansion, so that this   
   airline company gets more room to grow than at the crowded Dubai International   
   Airport. However, analysts doubt whether the government can pay the costs of a   
   second mega-airport.   
      
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