Dubai airport receives 81.4m passengers in 11 months of 2018, up 1.3%

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Dubai airport receives 81.4m passengers in 11 months of 2018, up 1.3%

Dubai - India remained DXB's top destination country, with total traffic reaching 1,032,662 during the month.

By Waheed Abbas

Published: Sun 6 Jan 2019, 11:47 AM

Last updated: Sun 6 Jan 2019, 6:50 PM

Dubai International (DXB) received 6.9 million customers in November 2018, bringing the hub's year to date traffic to 81.4 million passengers.
The airport is expected to maintain its position of the world's third busiest airport after Atlanta International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport.
In total, DXB served 6,897,169 passengers in November, a small decline of 0.8 per cent. Its year-to-date passenger numbers reached 81,426,428, an increase of 1.3 per cent.
Around 5.8 million bags, up 2.3 per cent, passed through the airport's 175 km long baggage system.

A total of 373,229 flights have taken-off or landed at DXB from January to November 2018, bringing the total number of daily flight movements at DXB to 1,120 pic.twitter.com/mEewS4aI84
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) January 6, 2019

Waiting Times: Wait times were reduced by 45 per cent in November, thanks to the state-of-the-art operations centre at DXB which leverages real-time information to improve service and efficiency while the smart gates help speed customers through immigration.
India remained DXB's top destination country by customer numbers, with total traffic reaching 1,032,662 during the month. Saudi Arabia climbed one rank to reach the second spot with 509,446 customers, followed by The United Kingdom with 466,459 customers. Other markets of note include the US (235,523 customers) and China (189,466).

Flight movements totalled 33,031 in November while the average number of customers per flight was slightly up at 216 (0.5%). pic.twitter.com/eysEMpwig5
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) January 6, 2019

The top three cities were London (275,141 customers), Mumbai (221,812) and New Delhi (183,680).
With a growth of 6.9%, North America held its position as the fastest growing region, followed closely by Africa at 6.8% and Eastern Europe growing 4.6%.

Flight movements totalled 33,031 (-1.2%) in November while the average number of customers per flight was slightly up at 216 (0.5%).

A total of 373,229 flights have taken-off or landed at DXB (-0.3%) so far this year, bringing the total number of daily flight movements at DXB to 1,120.

In November 237,059 tonnes of airfreight was handled at DXB, up 0.6 per cent, bringing the total cargo tonnage for the year to 2,407,050, down 0.8 per cent.

-waheedabbas@khaleejtimes.com