(MENAFN) Dubai Airports unveiled plans to expand cargo facilities at Dubai International Airport, a major modernisation programme that will see freight capacity increase to 3.1 million tonnes by 2018, Arabian Business reported.
The major expansion project came in response to growing volumes of freight being transported through Dubai.
The project will include a 30,000 sq m addition to Dubai International's 1.2 million tonne cargo mega terminal, increasing capacity by 25 percent to 1.5 million tonnes a year, the company said in a statement.
The airport's original cargo facilities, Hall A and Freight Gate 1, will also undergo a total refurbishment, and together will be used exclusively by Emirates Airline, the statement added.
The construction will also include a new transhipment facility with capacity for 400,000 tonnes of freight a year.
Once complete, it will handle about 60 percent of cargo transferred between Dubai International and Dubai World Central, Dubai's second airport.
Total annual cargo volumes across both airports are projected to surge from the 2.19 million tonnes recorded last year to 4.1 million tonnes by 2020.
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