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Dubai retains status as world’s busiest international airport in December
Emirate is far ahead of second-ranked Heathrow Airport with over a million more seating capacity
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Dubai International (DXB) retained its status as the world’s busiest international airport in December with 3.542 million seats, according to the UK-based global travel data provider OAG.
Dubai is far ahead of the second-ranked London’s Heathrow Airport with over a million more seating capacity. Heathrow airport recorded 2.5 million seats while third-ranked Amsterdam airport had 2.42 million seats last month.
DXB returned to 100 per cent operational capacity in mid-December with all terminals, concourses, lounges, restaurants, and retail outlets operating after the opening of the final phase of Concourse A at Terminal 3, which was expected to serve more than 1.6 million passengers in the second half of December in the peak seasonal travel period.
Dubai airport traffic reached 10.6 million passengers in the first half of 2021 and it was expected that the numbers would reach 28.9 million by the end of 2021.
According to OAG data, other airports that made to the top 10 busiest international airports include Paris Charles de Gaulle (2.28m seats), Istanbul (2.09m), Frankfurt International (2.04m), Doha (1.765m), Madrid Adolfo Suarez-Barajas (1.51m) New York JF Kennedy Airport (1.33m) and Miami International Airport (1.12m).
The busiest international airports rankings are based on scheduled capacity in December and compared to the equivalent month in 2019, pre-pandemic.
The top 10 busiest international airports are calculated using international seats only while the top 10 busiest airports in the world are calculated using total capacity – both domestic and international.
DXB was ranked second among the world’s 10 busiest global airports by seats (both domestic and international) in December, jumping one position when compared to 2019.
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Dubai has seen capacity increased by 15 per cent, adding almost 0.5 million seats in December, and has moved up from 7th busiest in November to the second busiest global airport in December. There is just one Chinese airport in the top 10, Guangzhou in 4th place, as Shenzhen drops out of the rankings. The US airports dominate the top 10 global airports list.
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International airport topped with 4.41 million seats followed by Dubai International (3.54m seats), Dallas/Fort Worth International (3.53m), Guangzhou (3.51m), Delhi (3.34m), Tokyo International or Haneda (3.34m), Chicago O’Hare International (3.34m), Los Angeles International (3.27m), Denver International (3.23m) and Miami International (2.74m).
-waheedabbas@khaleejtimes.com
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