L&T Consortium Secures Contract For Automated People Mover System At Dubai’s Al Maktoum Airport
New Delhi, August 20, 2026: The Transportation Infrastructure business vertical of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), operating in a consortium with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has secured a large contract valued between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 crore to design and build the Automated People Mover (APM) System for Phase 1 of Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai. L&T said in a press release.
The transit infrastructure project is being developed by Dubai Aviation City Corporation and implemented through Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects as part of a multi-phase expansion program. Upon completion, Al Maktoum International Airport is designed to become the world’s largest airport, with an annual capacity of 260 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of freight.
Under the turnkey agreement, the MHI-L&T consortium will oversee the complete delivery, construction, supply, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness of the APM infrastructure. Within the Design-and-Build contract, L&T will manage the design, procurement, delivery, and integration of critical APM infrastructure, including guideways, DC traction substations, power distribution, signaling, telecommunications, onboard vehicle communications, platform screen doors, and depot equipment.
Commenting on the contract win, L&T Executive Vice President & Head – Transportation Infrastructure Ramkumar S stated: “With challenging execution milestones, advanced technologies and multiple system interfaces including guideway, power supply, state-of-the-art telecom, platform screen doors and depot equipment, this project exemplifies the scale and complexity of integrated APM Rail Systems that L&T is uniquely positioned to deliver. With MHI’s proven APM Systems and L&T’s extensive integrated systems experience supported by world-class Engineering Designs Centre, enables us to execute such projects with a strong focus on safety and quality”.
L&T provides turnkey Design-Build and EPC solutions for railway and metro projects under a single-point responsibility model, with active rail projects across the Mumbai Metro, Dhaka Metro, and Jakarta MRT networks. As governments across the GCC region increase investments in next-generation mobility infrastructure and sustainable transportation, the contract strengthens L&T’s presence in West Asia’s expanding transit sector. L&T is a USD 32 billion Indian multinational corporation specializing in EPC projects, high-tech manufacturing, products, and services across international markets.
