Dubai International crosses 6 m mark
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Dubai International has recorded annual passenger traffic reaching 66,431,533 in 2013, when passenger numbers crossed six million for the first time.
Annual passenger traffic of 66,431,533, up 15.2% compared to 57,684,550 recorded during 2012, represents the airport’s highest total ever. According to the annual traffic report issued by Dubai Airports, passenger numbers in December reached 6,047,126, an increase of 13.6% compared to 5,320,961 in 2012.
The average number of passengers per aircraft movement rose to 198 in 2013, up 4.5% from the 189 recorded in 2012. Aircraft movements in 2013 reached 369,953, up 7.5% compared to 344,245 recorded during 2012. Aircraft movements in December totalled 32,832, compared to 30,945 movements during 2012, an increase of 6.1%. During the year a total of 28 new passenger destinations were added by flydubai and Emirates.
India retained top position as Dubai’s single largest destination country with 8,401,253 passengers, a year on year growth of 14.3% compared to 7,347,270 in 2012. The UK came second with 5,099,843 passengers (+19%) followed by Saudi Arabia at 4,825,114 (+34.2%).
In terms of destination cities served by Dubai International, Doha retained top spot with 2,516,866 passengers (+12.9%) followed closely by London with 2,494,555 passengers (+24.1%) and Kuwait with 1,813,603 passengers (+13.3%). Eastern Europe was the fastest expanding regional market in 2013 with +57.4% due to network expansion by flydubai and Emirates, followed by Australasia (+33.4%) and Asia Pacific came third with +25.1%.
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