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“Based on our current growth rates and our projections for next year the four million passenger number should become the norm in 2011“ |
Paul Griffiths CEO Dubai Airports |
UAE. Dubai International Airport handled a total of 4,070,296 passengers in November. It was the second month in a row in which passenger traffic exceeded 4 million, and the third time in 2010.
The figure, released by Dubai Airports, was a +15.1% increase on the same month last year.
Year-to-date passenger numbers reached 42,921,782, compared to the 37,123,392 recorded in the corresponding period in 2009 – an increase of +15.6%.
Routes to and from the Indian subcontinent (+120,534), AGCC countries (+103,536) and Western Europe (+90,550 passengers) recorded the largest increases in passenger numbers.
“We are crossing a new traffic threshold, with our average monthly passenger numbers for 2010 shooting up by over 500,000 passengers per month to 3.9 million,” said Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths.
“Based on our current growth rates and our projections for next year the four million passenger number should become the norm in 2011. Our New Year’s resolution is to efficiently manage that growth by augmenting capacity on the ground and in the air while continuing to enhance service levels across the airport.”
Speaking to The Moodie Report earlier this month, Griffiths said Dubai would soon challenge Heathrow for the status of world’s biggest airport by international passenger numbers.
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