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Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport is a major air facility in Dubai, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Its IATA code is DXB.
Because of the many stores in the airport, it is considered a major place to buy duty free[?] goods in that country, which is in turn considered a duty free shopping haven.
Dubai International Airport was conceived in 1959, when His Highness, Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum[?] first ordered construction. It was inaugurated in 1960 with DC-3 plane flights and was home to nine airlines. Today, the airport accepts all kinds of jets.
The airport is a hub to the UAE's international airline, Emirates.
Other airlines that fly there are:
- Aero Asia[?]
- Air Algerie[?]
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Kazakstan[?]
- Air Seychelles[?]
- American Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Azerbaijan Airlines[?]
- Biman Bangladesh[?]
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Condor
- Cyprus Airways
- Daallo[?]
- Dragonair
- Egypt Air[?]
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines[?]
- Falcon Express[?]
- Finnair
- Gulf Air[?]
- Indian Airlines[?]
- Iran Air
- JAT[?]
- Kenya Airways
- Khaliffa[?]
- KLM
- Kuwait Airways[?]
- Lufthansa
- Mahan Airlines[?]
- Malaysia Airlines
- Middle East Airlines[?]
- Naft Airlines[?]
- Oman Air[?]
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Qatar Airways[?]
- Royal Brunei
- Royal Jordanian
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Shaheen Air[?]
- Siberian Airways[?]
- Singapore Airlines
- Sri Lankan[?]
- Swiss
- Syrian Arab Airlines[?]
- Tarom
- Thavria Air Company[?]
- Thai Airways[?]
- Transaero[?]
- Transportes Aereos Portugueses
- Turkish Airlines
- Vietnam Airlines[?]
- Yemenia[?]
In addition, the following cargo airlines fly there:
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