DWC

Dubai World Central progress

Dubai's aviation oasis
By Hilary Whiteman

(CNN) - In a city strewn with scaffolding, it's a project with no equal. Dubai World Central is set to be a bustling metropolis 40 kilometers south of Dubai's city center, with homes, offices and a port no less, surrounding the jewel in the crown - the world's largest airport.

Work on the first runway has already finished, and in record time for a stretch of tarmac sturdy enough to take the width and weight of the world's biggest airliner, the A380.

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