DIA begin year with 6.4 m pax
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Positive Dubai International started the year with positive numbers, exceeding 6.4 million passengers in January.
According to the traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports, passenger traffic reached 6,400,706 in January 2014, up 15.1% from 5,559,760 recorded during 2013.
Regionally the AGCC recorded highest growth in passenger traffic (+180,982 passengers) – mainly boosted by double digit traffic growth recorded by Doha, Jeddah and Riyadh – followed by Western Europe (+140,910), and Indian Subcontinent (+126,305 passengers). Eastern Europe was the fastest-expanding market in terms of percentage growth (+42%), followed by the Australasia (+34.5%), Asia Pacific (+26.7%) and Asia (20.7%).
India remained the top destination country (800,397 passengers) with Mumbai as the busiest destination, followed by Saudi Arabia (514,071 passengers) and UK (435,806 passengers). Doha was placed number one on list of top destination cities followed closely by London.
Aircraft movements totalled 32,625 during the month under review compared to 31,332 movements recorded in January 2013, up 4.1%. Passengers per aircraft movement in January came in at 199.
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