Bombardier has signed a contract with contractor Al Jaber Engineering to design and build an Innovia 300 automated people mover system for the Dubai International Airport.
The new 83 million euro automated mass transit system will connect the airport’s Terminal 1 to the new Concourse 4.
Dubai International Airport is undergoing an expansion programme that will see its capacity increased from 60 million to 90 million passengers each year by 2018.
Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects awarded local construction contractor ALEC the contract to build the new Concourse 4 in February 2012.
Bombardier is a sub-contractor to ALEC and it will lead the project to design and supply all of the system-wide electrical and mechanical (E&M) elements of the 1.5 km elevated APM system over the next two years.
Bombardier will build and deliver 18 driverless Innovia cars, as well as provide project management, systems engineering and integration, testing and commissioning.
Much of the technology will be supplied from Bombardier’s facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mohammed Sarfraaz Ali, Bombardier Transportation’s lead for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, said: “Bombardier’s experience in delivering, operating and maintaining turnkey people mover systems at the world’s leading airports is unrivalled. Our new generation INNOVIA APM 300 transit technology will provide comfortable and convenient transportation for airport passengers travelling between Terminal 1 and the new Concourse 4.
“The new transit system will support the Dubai International Airport in realizing its ambition of becoming the world’s leading airport, not only in terms of size, but in the high quality services it provides to passengers.”
