His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airports, inaugurated the Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC), the nerve centre of Dubai International (DXB) – the world’s busiest international airport with 86.4 million international passengers in 2019. The state-of-the-art facility enables a collaborative approach to managing airport operations by providing information and analyses based on data collated from more than 50 systems fed by 7 billion data points. The AOCC allows operator Dubai Airports, government agencies, airlines and other service partners to monitor every aspect of the operation in real time as well as predict developing situations to respond to them more efficiently. Harnessing big data has helped Dubai Airports deliver a smooth experience to some 240,000 passengers daily and achieve breakthrough service improvements including 40% reduction in queue time since 2018 and a record 99.96% baggage delivery success rate in 2019.

• Based on the directives received from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
  • All flights to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the exception of Tehran, have been suspended until further notice. All passengers arriving on direct flights from Tehran will receive thermal screening at the airport by Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and its Airport Medical Centre team. Customers affected by the suspension are urged to contact their airlines directly for details on rebooking.
• The Kingdom of Bahrain has suspended all scheduled passenger flights to and from Dubai until further notice. Affected passengers are advised to check with their respective airlines for more details.