DXB Extends Its Lead as #1 Airport for International Passengers
January 24 2017 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Caps off 2016 with a record 83.6 million
passengers
Dubai International has retained its title as the world’s number
one airport for international passengers with annual traffic
reaching 83.6 million passengers in 2016, according to the annual
traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today.
DXB’s annual traffic in 2016 totalled 83,654,250 passengers,
compared to 78,014,838 in 2015, up 7.2 per cent. The surge of
travellers during the holiday season boosted monthly traffic in
December to 7,706,351, up 9.3 per cent compared to 7,053,243
recorded in December 2015.
During 2016 a number of new airlines, including Nepal Airlines
and Rossiya, launched services to DXB, while 11 new passenger
destinations were added to the hub following network expansion by
flydubai, Emirates and other carriers.
India continued to lead as Dubai’s single largest destination
country in 2016 with 11,440,215 passengers in 2016, up 10.1 per
cent compared to 10,391,376 recorded in 2015. Saudi Arabia took the
second spot with 6,086,158 passengers (+11.3 per cent) just
marginally overtaking the UK at 6,061,342 (+6.7 per cent). Among
cities, London took the top spot with 3,751,596 passengers, while
Doha clocked 2,999,762 passengers followed by Mumbai with 2,357,103
passengers.
DXB also leads the way globally in terms of the average number
of passengers per flight which reached 209 during 2016, up 4 per
cent from the same period in 2015.
Aircraft movements in 2016 reached 418,220 compared to 406,705
in 2015, up 2.8 per cent.
Cargo volumes totalled 2,592,454 tonnes in 2016 up 3.4 per cent
compared to 2,506,092 recorded during 2015.
Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said, “After emerging as
the world’s number one airport for international passengers in
2014, DXB has firmly established itself as the leader in that
category. With our forecast for 89 million passengers in 2017, DXB
is closing the gap on Atlanta and Beijing for the top spot in
overall traffic. Our focus in 2017 and beyond will be on making the
airport experience even more delightful, engaging and comfortable
for our customers. Our DXB Plus programme will see a series of
unique initiatives introduced at the airport to make DXB not only
the busiest but also the world’s best international airport.”
Read the full story and December figures here
*Source: ME NewsWire
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Dubai AirportsAli Zaigham,
+971-4-504-5721Ali.Zaigham@dubaiairports.ae