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Dubai: Passengers at Dubai Airport were in for a surprise as they saw His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

A resident of Dubai, who happened to be flying out of the city with Emirates airline, captured this photo of Shaikh Mohammad with his two young sons, while officials and dignitaries walked through the busy hallways of the airport.  

The Vice-President also greeted passengers during his tour, and expressed happiness and pride looking at the cultural and social harmony between passengers from across the world and airport employees from various government bodies.

Shaikh Mohammad began his tour at the departures hall at Concourse 3 where he stopped at Emirates airline’s check-in counters, baggage-screening facilities and passport counters. He interacted with passport officers, urging them to treat travellers with courtesy.

Shaikh Mohammad then headed to Concourse B, where he inspected various sections of the Free Zone market and the lounge for first class passengers.

According to Dubai Media Office, Shaikh Mohammad toured Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport on Thursday, and was accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and Group.

The inspection was made one day after Commander-In Chief of Dubai Police Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Merri, head of Dubai Police, visited Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport.

The head of Dubai Police checked the inspections procedures on the flights from Dubai to US, after the ban on electronic devices was lifted on board of Emirates airline flights to US.