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Source: Summa Construction Company. The new international airport for Dakar, Senegal opened in 2017. Located 45 kilometers east of the city, the new airport is intended to be the anchor of a large new urban development and the centerpiece of the country’s “Emerging Senegal” vision. By 2018, the airport had

Source: Wikipedia. Mumbai is the largest city in the world served by a single runway. The city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) has two intersecting runways, but only one is used at any given time, leading to frequent congestion. By comparison, the main international airport serving the similar-sized city of

Source: Wikipedia. A growing number of major airports are served by rail transit. The SeaTac station for the Seattle area’s Link light rail system opened in 2009. By 2018, about 6,000 passengers per day boarded the train at the airport station. By comparison, in Hong Kong, a larger hub where

Source: Wikipedia. Introduced into service in 2015, the Airbus A350 is a remarkably efficient aircraft. With two engines, like most contemporary commercial jets, and 300 to 350 seats, the plane can fly up to 9,700 nautical miles (18,000 kilometers) nonstop. The A350 has a 40 percent smaller noise footprint than

Source: Wikipedia. Built between 2006 and 2008, the extension to the main airport terminal in Marrakech, Morocco, combines modern and traditional elements. Islamic motifs in the arabesques embellish the walls complementing the high sweeping roof and a light-filled environment inside. The extension raised the capacity of the airport to 4.5

Three major air freight integrators account for the bulk of the global air cargo; DHL, FedEx, and UPS. Each integrator has a hub-and-spoke organization of its network, with hubs clustered around the world’s three major zones of economic activity; North America, Europe, and Pacific Asia. The choice of the primary