Landing at Dubai Airport, one has the feeling of being in front of a huge city. And, it could not be otherwise.

With an area of ​​well 3500 hectares, and an annual passenger traffic of about 80 million (!!!), the Dubai airport is the most important airport in the whole Middle East. Moreover, with its 6500 weekly direct flights, it is the seventh busiest airport in the world!

Dubai Airport is located in the Garhoud district, about 4 kilometers north of the city. It is the hub of the Emirates flag carrier that handles more than half of the air traffic.

Dubai Airport was designed as an entertainment venue. Lots of shopping areas, duty-free, dining options. And, again, VIP areas, wellness areas, gourmet restaurants, the best brands, and even live shows and shows; among these, the Arabic edition of X-Factor and the #musicDXB shows.

Photo, 2014 Raihan SR Bakhsh

Here is the list of the direct connections* with Dubai Airport:

AFGHANISTAN: Kabul.
ALBANIA: Tirana.
ALGERIA: Algeria.
ANGOLA: Luanda.
ARMENIA: Yerevan.
AUSTRALIA: Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney.
AUSTRIA: Salisburg, Vienna.
AZERBAIJAN: Baku, Cabala.
BAHRAIN: Bahrain.
BANGLADESH: Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet.
BELGIUM: Brussels,
BOSNIA: Sarajevo.
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San Paolo–Guarulhos
BRUNEI: Bandar Series Begawan.
BULGARIA: Sofia.
CAMBOGIA: Phnom Penh.
CANADA: Toronto-Pearson.
CHINA: Pechino–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi’an, Yinchuan.
CROATIA: Dubrovnik, Zagabria.
CYPRUS: Larnaca,
CZECH REP: Ostrava, Prague.
DENMARK: Copenhagen,
DJIBUTI: Djibuti.
EGYPT: Alexandria, Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh, Sohag.
ENGLAND: Birmingham, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne.
ERITREA: Asmara.
ETHIOPIA: Addis Ababa.
FINLAND: Helsinki.
FRANCE: Lione, Nizza, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
GEORGIA: Batumi, Kutaisi, Tbilisi.
GERMANY: Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Monaco, Bavaria,
GHANA: Accra.
GREECE: Athens, Mykonos, Paro, Santorini.
GUINEA: Conakry.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong.
HUNGARY: Budapest.
INDIA: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kannur, Kochi, Calcutta, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.
INDONESIA: Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta.
IRAN: Ahvaz, Isfahan, Kish Island, Lar, Mashhad, Qeshm, Shiraz, Tehran-Imam Khomeini.
IRAQ: Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Najaf, Sulaymaniyah.
IRELAND: Dublin.
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv.
ITALY: Bologna, Catania, Milano–Malpensa, Naples, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice.
IVORY COAST: Abidjan.
JAPAN: Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita.
JORDAN: Amman-Queen Alia.
KAZAKISTAN: Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Shymkent.
KENYA: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta.
KYRGYZISTAN: Bishkek.
KUWAIT: Madinat al-Kuwait.
LATVIA: Riga.
LEBANON: Beirut.
LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg.
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur – International.
MALDIVE: Male.
MALTA: Malta.
MAURITIUS: Mauritius.
MEXICO: Mexico City.
MONTENEGRO: Tivat.
MOROCCO: Casablanca,
MYANMAR: Yangon.
NEPAL: Kathmandu.
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam.
NEW ZEALAND: Auckland, Christchurch.
NIGERIA: Abuja, Lagos.
NORTH MACEDONIA: Skopje.
NORWAY: Oslo.
OMAN: Muscat, Salalah, Zohar.
PAKISTAN: Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot.
PHILIPPINES: Cebu, Clark, Manila.
POLAND: Cracow, Warsaw–Chopin.
PORTUGUESE: Lisbon,
QATAR: Doha.
ROMANIA: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca.
SAUDI ARABIA: Abha, Al Jawf, Al Ula, Dammam, Gassim, Ha’il, Hofuf, Jeddah, Jizan, Medina, Riyadh, Tabuk, Ta’if.
SCOTLAND: Glasgow.
SENEGAL: Dakar-Diass.
SERBIA: Belgrade.
SEYCHELLES: Mahè.
SINGAPORE: Singapore
SLOVAKIA: Bratislava.
SLOVENIA: Lubiana.
SOMALIA: Bosaso, Hargeisa, Mogadishu.
SOUTH AFRICA: Città del Capo, Durban, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul–Incheon
SPAIN: Barcelona, ​​Madrid,
SRI LANKA: Colombo – Bandaranaike.
SUDAN: Giuba, Khartoum, Port Sudan.
SWEDEN: Stockholm–Arlanda.
SWITZERLAND: Geneva, Zurich.
SYRYA: Damascus, Latakia
TAGIKISTAN: Dushanbe
TAIWAN: Taipei–Taoyuan
TANZANIA: Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar.
THAILAND: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Krabi, Phuket.
TUNISIA: Tunisia.
TURKEY: Ankara, Bodrum, Istanbul, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon.
TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabat
UGANDA: Entebbe.
USA: Boston, Chicago–O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York–JFK, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Washington–Dulles.
UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent.
VIETNAM: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City.
ZAMBIA: Lusaka.
ZIMBABWE: Harare.

DUBAI AIRPORT CONNECTIONS – CENTER

Dubai Airport is easily accessible by car, taxi, and public transport.

METRO

Metro is undoubtedly the fastest and most economical method to reach the various points of interest and the center.

The Red Line of the Metro, from Rashidiya to UAE Exchange, offers 2 dedicated stops (1 Terminal and 3 Terminal) easily accessible.

The Metro operates every day (except Friday morning) including holidays, from 05:30 to midnight. On Thursdays, it works from 05:30 to 01:00.

The subway is highly efficient, modern is equipped with all comforts. The ticket price is really affordable, compared to the Big Capitals. The cost depends on the length of the journey, and on the crossed ZONES. In general, from Dubai Airport to Dubai International City, or Dubai Marina, you will pay just 17EAU (less than 4€).

To travel you must buy the appropriate contactless Card, in the Red version. The NOL CARD can be purchased at the cost of only 2EAU (not even 0,50€) at vending machines. Each traveler can carry a maximum of two pieces of luggage on the train. All the info on the metro and the transport of Dubai, from this link.

BUS

In front of each Terminal, there is the bus station. Our advice, however, is to opt for the subway. Buses, on the other hand, are a cheaper solution. There are 2 lines with departures every hour from Dubai World Central:

• Route 1: DWC – Ibn Battuta Metro Station – Mall of Emirates Metro Bus Station – Business Bay Metro Station – Satwa Bus Station.
• Route 2: DWC – Ibn Battuta Metro Station – Mall of Emirates Metro Bus Station – Business Bay Metro Station – Union Metro Station – Abu Hail Metro Station.
  The ticket always costs 7.50AED regardless of the stop. Also to travel on buses, it is necessary to purchase the appropriate NOL CARD.