Dubai International passenger traffic on the rise
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Dubai International recorded 27.9 million passengers in the first half of 2012 across its three terminals, according to the traffic report issued today by airport operator Dubai Airports.
Dubai International handled a total of 4,714,746 passengers in June, a robust growth of 16.0% from the 4,065,809 who passed through the airport in June 2011. The year to date traffic reached 27,931,639 up 13.7% from 24,567,818 in the first half of 2011. The average monthly passenger traffic recorded in the first six months of the year stood at 4.65 million compared to 4.09 million during the corresponding period in 2011.
Aircraft movements in June totalled 27,428 up 5.1% from 26,101 registered during the same period in 2011. Year to date aircraft movements totalled 170,249, an increase of 6.8% compared to 159,372 recorded during the first half of 2011.
In terms of top destinations served by Dubai International, the five countries with high passenger volumes were India, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Pakistan and the US. The AGCC continued to top the list of regions with the largest increase in total passenger numbers (+180,397 passengers), followed by Western Europe (+124,690), and the Indian subcontinent (+82,543). June was the first time in nearly a year that Middle Eastern routes registered positive growth (+24,785 passengers).
South America has remained the strongest market in terms of percentage passenger growth (+140.9%) as a result of new Emirates services to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, followed by Russia and CIS (+54.4%), and Australasia (+26.3%).
Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports said: “We are on track to meet annual projected traffic of 56.5 million passengers, which will bring us very close to Dubai International’s operational capacity of 60 million passengers per annum.”