Dubai Logistics City to have dedicated aviation area

Spanning some 1.7 million square metres, the dedicated aviation cluster will serve as a base for suppliers requiring direct access to the apron of any DLC terminal or other logistics facilities.

"The aviation area will be governed by a focused licensing profile allowing logistics and non-logistics businesses to serve their aviation industry clients, both locally and regionally,"

explained Michael Proffitt, CEO, DLC.

Aviation area tenants will include suppliers of spare parts, components, tools for on-site aviation businesses, catering services and training facilities. They will benefit from World Central's single-bonded, customs-controlled free zone which includes DLC, the new JXB international airport and Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone, which make up the world's first truly multi-modal transport platform. The area's tenants will also have airside access through the Supergate to the cargo area, runway apron, hangars and maintenance facilities.

"This dedicated cluster gives clients the opportunity to interact with all other related aviation services and customers, whilst also allowing for individual choices regarding the options of leasing land and building their own facilities or operating out of turnkey DLC facilities," Proffitt added.

DLC, designed to handle more than 12 million tons of air cargo in up to 16 air cargo terminals, will be the preferred location for businesses requiring logistics and multi-modal transport solutions to the GCC, wider Middle East, Indian Sub-continent, Africa and the CIS - a market of more than two billion consumers within three-to-four hours flying time of Dubai.

DLC is scheduled to be operational at the end of next year. Construction of the first runway - a 4.5 kilometre, CAT III, all-weather facility which allows automatic landing, is now underway.