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Dubai Airports reports 6.8% rise in passenger traffic

23 Sep 2010

(MENAFN) Gulf News reported that Dubai Airports recorded a 6.8 percent year-on-year rise in international passenger traffic and a 21.5 percent surge cargo growth in August this year.

After a record month in July, August passenger numbers fell just short of the 4 million mark at 3,987,184 up 6.8 percent compared to the same period last year when strong traffic growth saw 3,734,682 passengers pass through the facility.

Year to date passenger traffic is up 14.7 percent as 30,849,555 million passengers have passed through Dubai International compared to 26,900,736 during the corresponding period last year, it said.

Cargo volumes grew an impressive 21.5 percent to 198,543 tons in August compared to 163,427 tons during the same month in 2009 spurred by increased economic activity in Asia and other regional markets.

It was the eleventh consecutive month of double-digit growth. Year to date cargo volumes total 1,498,244 tons compared to 1,198,546 tons during the same period in 2009, up 25 percent.

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