Travellers can now enjoy a Bounce pop-up in Terminal 3 of the Dubai Airport. Courtesy Bounce
Travellers can now enjoy a Bounce pop-up in Terminal 3 of the Dubai Airport. Courtesy Bounce
Travellers can now enjoy a Bounce pop-up in Terminal 3 of the Dubai Airport. Courtesy Bounce
Travellers can now enjoy a Bounce pop-up in Terminal 3 of the Dubai Airport. Courtesy Bounce

Flying high: Bounce trampoline pop-up opens at Dubai International Airport


Evelyn Lau
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Who says airport layovers have to be boring? Dubai International Airport just got a lot more exciting with the inclusion of a Bounce trampoline pop-up in Terminal 3 as part of its Winter Wonderland DXB offerings.

Whether arriving at the airport too early or simply in-transit following a lengthy layover, passengers can now fly even higher thanks to the trampoline and entertainment park.

Staffed by qualified Bounce crew members, travellers can get their adrenaline pumping ahead of their flight.

Visitors can shoot hoops, flip into the Big Bag, show off their Parkour skills, or test out their climbing strength on the bouldering wall.

The temporary venue will be in place until the end of March. The Dubai International Airport was the busiest in the world for international travellers in 2016 when it reported a record 83.6 million passengers.

Bounce is open 24 hours and located near gate B27 in Terminal 3. The experience costs Dh50 for 30 minutes or Dh80 for one hour, and Dh40 for an additional 30 minutes.

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(This treaty gave the region the name “Trucial States”.)


We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar, Chief of Rassool-Kheimah, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboo Dhebbee, Sheikh Saeed bin Buyte, Chief of Debay, Sheikh Hamid bin Rashed, Chief of Ejman, Sheikh Abdoola bin Rashed, Chief of Umm-ool-Keiweyn, having experienced for a series of years the benefits and advantages resulting from a maritime truce contracted amongst ourselves under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf and renewed from time to time up to the present period, and being fully impressed, therefore, with a sense of evil consequence formerly arising, from the prosecution of our feuds at sea, whereby our subjects and dependants were prevented from carrying on the pearl fishery in security, and were exposed to interruption and molestation when passing on their lawful occasions, accordingly, we, as aforesaid have determined, for ourselves, our heirs and successors, to conclude together a lasting and inviolable peace from this time forth in perpetuity.

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