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Record 5.5 million passengers transit via Dubai airport in a month
Records are tumbling at Dubai International, which reached another high of 5.5 million passengers reached during January. Aircraft movements also soared to 31,332.
The numbers bode well for the mammoth hub which expects 98 million passengers to transit via Dubai by 2020.
Passenger traffic gained 14.6 per cent to 5,559,760 last month, up from 4,852,139 during the same month last year. Aircraft movements totalled 31,332 in January 2013, climbing 5.6 per cent from the 29,680 movements during January 2012, the latest traffic report from Dubai Airports showed on Tuesday. The gains were aided by the rush of visitors during the Dubai Shopping Festival and the addition of more routes by Middle East carriers, it said.
Freight volumes also made a recovery in January 2013, surging 8.6 per cent to 188,520 tonnes, up from 173,531 tonnes last January. “The latest data signals a return to robust growth in cargo volumes at Dubai International, the increase supported by improved consumer confidence in the US and Europe,” a statement said.
“January’s record passenger numbers confirm that the growth trajectory recorded last year has continued into 2013 and Dubai Airports has taken another steady stride towards the 98 million passengers a year we expect to pass through our airport by the end of the decade,” Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said.
“The near perfect timing of Concourse A’s opening has allowed us to increase our capacity to 75 million passengers a year and make sure we can continue to accommodate the rising number of people who chose to fly through Dubai International.”
It is also a strong endorsement for our $7.8 billion SP2020 expansion plan which will allow us to remain one step ahead of our expected growth by increasing our capacity both on the ground as well as in the air.”
Last year, air links were expanded between Dubai and Saudi Arabia as Emirates, flydubai, Nasair and Saudi Arabian Airlines added new flights. Emirates operated new flights to Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh while flydubai spread its network to include Jeddah, Dammam, Riyadh, Taif, Yanbu and Tabuk. Saudi Arabian Airlines, meanwhile, added flights from the holy city of Madinah and Riyadh to Dubai and low-cost airline Nasair began flights between Riyadh and Dubai.
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