Dubai International Continues To Be World’s Busiest Airport

There’s no surprise here as Dubai International continues to be the world’s busiest airport in August! With over 4. 1 million seats, the airport was well ahead of London Heathrow at 3.4 million seats, aviation data firm OAG said.

The Top 10

London Heathrow, which took the second place, saw its capacity drop 4 per cent in August from the month before.

The top 10 list included Amsterdam (3.15 million seats), Paris CDG (3.14 million), Istanbul (2.9 million), Frankfurt (2.9 million), Doha (2.2 million), London Gatwick (2.094 million), Singapore Changi (2.089 million) and Madrid (2.012 million)

Top Airline Routes

Kuala Lumpur – Singapore Changi with 325,350 seats was the busiest airline route in August. Dubai-Riyadh, Mumbai-Dubai, and Dubai-London Heathrow were also among the top 10 busiest global international airline routes in August, with 301,568, 235,710 and 227,450 seats, respectively.

Within the Middle East region, Dubai International dominated rankings, with Dubai-Riyadh, Mumbai-Dubai, Dubai-London Heathrow, Dubai-Jeddah, Delhi-Dubai and Bahrain-Dubai being among the top 10 routes.

DXB Traffic

Dubai International’s half yearly traffic stood at 27.9 million passengers, a 161.9 per cent jump compared to H1 2021, and just 1.2 million shy of the airport’s total annual traffic last year, the airport said earlier this month.

DXB achieved the milestone despite a significant reduction in capacity resulting from the 45-day closure of its northern runway in May-June for a major refurbishment project.

DXB recorded 14.2 million passengers in the second quarter of 2022, a year-on-year jump of 190.6 per cent!

Based on the strong first half and projection of a stronger second half with average monthly traffic expected to reach 5.6 million passengers, Dubai Airports readjusted upwards its annual forecast for 2022 to 62.4 million passengers. If current trends continue, that figure could be exceeded by a significant margin.

Dubai is the gateway connecting people from countries all around the world. As the side-effects of the pandemic recede, there would hopefully be a larger number of passengers travelling soon.