Hyderabad, April 28 -- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, on Sunday, April 28, approved designs for a new passenger terminal at the Al Maktoum International Airport, which will be the largest in the world when fully operational.

The new terminal, set to cost 128 billion Dirhams, is expected to accommodate an annual passenger capacity of 260 million.

The completion of the project will increase the airport's size by five times the current Dubai International Airport (DXB).

Dubai Airport operations will be transferred to Al Maktoum Airport in the next decade, receiving 12 million tons of cargo annually, covering 70 square kilometers.

Taking to X, Sheikh Mohammed said th...