Record highs for Dubai Airport
Dubai International Airport (DIA) witnessed the busiest six months in its 50-year his- tory in the first half of 2011, with 24.6 million passengers passing through the facility. The results catapulted the air-
port to fourth on the list of the world’s busiest airports in the first half. It also marked an 8.9 percent increase on the 22.6 mil- lion who used the airport in the first half of 2010. In June, Dubai International handled a total of 4.07 million passengers up 10.4 percent from the 3.68 million who passed through the airport in June 2010. The average monthly passen-
ger traffic recorded in the first half of 2011 stands at 4.09 million as compared to 3.76 million during the corresponding period in 2010.
frequencies, more wide-bodied aircraft as well as by the attrac- tiveness of Dubai as a business and tourist destination and an efficient transit point. Our planned US$7.8bn expan- sion of Dubai International is well-timed to accommodate the expected average annual growth of 7.2 percent over the next 10 years." More than 200 new weekly
flights to 19 destinations were launched in H1, 2011, he revealed.
The year-to-date daily average
passenger throughput at Dubai International reached 135,700 compared to 124,600 recorded during the first six months of 2010. "As the numbers clearly sug- gest, robust passenger traffic
growth continues despite high fuel prices and growing eco- nomic uncertainty in Europe and the US," said Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports. "This is being driven by the addition of new routes and
planned for Dubai International Airport
US$7.8bn expansion
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