Dubai World Central

Dubai is building a new airport. Surrounded by sand and baking in the summer heat, workers are putting the final touches to the first runway of the Dubai World Central International Airport ahead of scheduled delivery in October. It is the first of six runways of what will be the world’s fourth-largest airport in terms of area, covering 140 square kilometers upon its completion scheduled for 2017 with a cost of an estimated $10 billion. The sprawling complex will boast the world’s largest passenger capacity — 120 million people per year. Like everything else in Dubai, the airport will be connected to a hotel and a mall. The “fingers” that link planes to the concourse have been designed to accommodate the new Airbus A380 super jumbos that flagship carrier Emirates Airline is packing its fleet with in the coming years. And if one World Central is not enough, Dubai’s government