Q&A – Paul Griffiths

DubaiAirports Chief Executive Officer Paul Griffiths currently oversees operationsat Dubai International while at the same time coordinating the launch of DubaiWorld Central-Al Maktoum International (DWC), which is slated to be the world’slargest passenger and cargo hub. He sat down with Executive to discuss thecompany’s activities. E   Dubai International became thethird busiest airport in the world this year. The expectation is that it willbe the busiest by 2020, but could you reach the top spot before that date? Basedon our growth projections, this is entirely possible. The busiest airport forinternational passenger traffic currently is London Heathrow with around 60million per annum, whereas we will reach 46 million this year and 52 million bythe end of 2011. As you know, recent proposals for a third runway have beenshot down, which significantly constrains Heathrow’s future capacity. Paris,Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Amsterdam also face capacity constraints, althoughthey are less severe and have slower growth