DIA witnesses a dip in passenger numbers
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Dubai International once again crossed the five-million mark for the 19th straight month in July, as per a report released by Dubai Airports.
For the month of July, passenger numbers slipped 2.9% to 5,155,771, from 5,310,361 passengers in July last year. Traffic was impacted by Dubai International being reduced to single runway for a period of 80 days from 1 May as the airport’s two runways were consecutively refurbished and upgraded. Both runways were reopened on 21 July 2014.
Passenger numbers rose to within 40 million in the first seven months of the year, climbing 4.9% to 39,831,861, up from 37,972,464 passengers recorded in the same period last year.
Regionally, Eastern Europe was the fastest growing region during July 2014, with passenger numbers surging 17.6%, followed by North America at 8.8%, South America at 4.5% and Western Europe at 3.9%. The Indian subcontinent and Middle East showed declines as a result of reduced flights during the runway works.
In July Dubai International handled 25,081 aircraft movements, down 11.9% from 28,462 in the same month in 2013. Year to date aircraft movements totalled 195,896 during the first seven months, down 7.3% from the 211,373 movements recorded in the same period last year.
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