In 2021, corona nonetheless reigned at Dubai Airport and the variety of passengers transported amounted to 29.1 million. Since this spring, with the disappearance of the corona virus in most international locations, a development spurt has began.
Regardless of a 45-day runway shutdown, passenger ranges within the second quarter of 2022 rose 190 p.c from the identical quarter the yr earlier than. In Q2, India was the highest vacation spot when it comes to passenger numbers from Dubai, adopted by Saudi Arabia and the UK. London tops the record of cities as a vacation spot, with 1.3 million passengers.
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Within the first half of 2022, practically 155,000 plane departed and landed on DXB. This is a rise of 55.9 p.c in comparison with the earlier yr. The variety of flight actions within the first half of the yr is now at 87 p.c of pre-corona stage in 2019.
With a mean passenger stage of 5.6 million monthly, Dubai airport expects to deal with 62.4 million passengers all year long. In peak yr 2019, 86.4 million passengers flew by the hub.
From the Netherlands, KLM and Emirates fly day by day all yr spherical to DXB. Transavia flies to Dubai on common 5 occasions per week within the winter season solely. From 17 November, KLM may even fly 3 times per week to Dubai’s second airport, Al Maktoum (DWC), by way of a cease in Doha, Qatar.
