Dubai Airports passenger traffic increased by 16% in H1
Jul 27th, 2010 | By co | Category: BusinessDubai Airports has reported a 16.3 percent increase in passenger traffic for H1 2010 compared to the year earlier period.
The six months to end-June saw 22,554,445 passengers use Dubai International airport, compared to 19,397,089 in the corresponding period in 2009.
According to an emailed statement released Monday by Dubai Airports, Dubai International processed 3,684,192 passengers in June 2010 compared to 3,361,413 in June 2009, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent. Cargo continued its upward trend throughout the first half, with Dubai Airports reporting year-to-date movement of 1,101,856 tonnes of freight compared to 874,828 tonnes during the same period in 2009, an increase of 26 percent. Cargo handled by the airport jumped 21.2 percent in June to 184,576 tonnes, the state-run facility said
According to the statement average monthly passenger traffic in the first half this year stands at 3.7 million as compared to 3.1 million during the corresponding period in 2009. In the first six months of the year, daily average passenger throughput at Dubai International reached 123,000. “Many major airports around the world are starting to display positive growth following an almost year-long spell of double-digit decrease in traffic,” said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports. Griffiths added that in the first half of 2010 more than 145 weekly flights were launched to 21 destinations across Asia, Europe and Africa by different passenger carriers. Dubai International currently serves 130 airlines flying to more than 220 destinations across six continents.
