DIA surpasses 65.4 mn annual passengers forecast
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Recent statistics for November of 2013 revealed that Dubai International is set to surpass traffic forecast for the year.
According to the monthly traffic report issued by Dubai Airports, passenger traffic in November reached 5,337,544, up 9.5% compared to 4,875,003 in the corresponding period in 2012. The airport has registered 12 consecutive months with monthly traffic exceeding five million passengers. The year to date (November) totalled 60,384,407 passengers compared with 52,363,589 recorded during the same period last year, an increase of 15.3%.
In November, Western Europe recorded largest increase in total passenger numbers* (+97,637 passengers), followed by the Indian subcontinent (+56,732), the AGCC (+56,711), Australasia (+51,151), and Africa (+46,731). The strongest markets in terms of percentage growth were Eastern Europe (+56.5%), followed by Australasia (+33.4%) and Russia and CIS at 18.8% spurred by an increase in demand.
Aircraft movements in November increased by six per cent to 31,525 from 29,749 recorded during the same month in 2012. The year to date movements totalled 337,121, up 7.6% compared to 313,300 movements between January and November 2012.
Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports said: “We are set to exceed our target of 65.4 million for the year. Dubai International’s total capacity increased to 75 mn passengers per year when Concourse A was opened in January 2013 and this will be followed by the opening of Concourse D in early 2015 – we continue to focus on improving our facilities and customer service.”
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