Dubai Int’l becomes world’s busiest airport

27 Jan 2015

(MENAFN) Dubai International Airport has Airport has become the world’s top airport in terms of international passenger traffic in 2014, as it recorded around70.4 passengers through it in 2014, an increase of 6.1 percent compared with 66.4 million people in 2013, Gulf Business reported.

The airport said that it has recorded a 7.5 per cent growth in passenger traffic in the month of December alone, with around 6.4 million passengers travelling through its facilities, which compares to 6 million passengers in the same period last year.

In terms of percentage growth in 2014, travelers from Eastern Europe increased by 21.0 percent, becoming the strongest market followed by North America with 18.6 percent, Asia at 12.6 percent, Australasia’s 9.2 percent and Western Europe, with an increase of 8.8 percent.

Meanwhile, aircraft movements in 2014 totaled 357.339 compared to 369.953 in 2013, a contraction of 3.4 per cent, which was attributed to the temporary reduction of flights during the 80-day runway refurbishment project in May 2014 and the shift of freighter operators and general aviation to Al Maktoum International.

“Much like 2014, 2015 promises to be another eventful year featuring more record passenger numbers and facility upgrades including the opening of Concourse D which will boost Dubai International’s capacity to 90 million. Today we are also releasing our projections for 2015 traffic at Dubai International which forecast 79 million passengers. We will have more flights connecting more people to more destinations,” CEO of Dubai Airports said.