Strong growth at Dubai International
DUBAI – Dubai Airports announcing double-digit growth in both passenger and cargo traffic in February.
Passenger traffic rose 22.6 per cent in February, with Dubai International airport handling a total of 3,640,323 passengers compared to 2,969,569 passengers during the same month in 2009.
The strong growth in February follows record monthly passenger traffic of over 3.8 million in January, bringing the year-to-date passenger throughput to 7,501,848 – up 19.7 per cent over the corresponding period in 2009.
The strongest passenger growth numbers in February were recorded in Western Europe, the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East as the result of a strong ramp up of capacity into these regions by a variety of airlines.
Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports said, “We were the fastest growing major international airport in 2009 and the figures so far this year are very encouraging.
“With economic activity picking up globally, Emirates set to launch a number of new routes and the summer travel season fast-approaching, we expect the robust growth to continue over the coming months.â€
Ian Jarrett
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