Dubai Civil Aviation: 27.8 million passengers in the first half

Dubai International achieves a growth of 222% to 5 million passengers in June

Dubai International Airport increased its capacity by 28% during this July.

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Data from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority showed that the total number of passengers through Dubai International Airport, during the first half of this year, amounted to about 27 million and 860 thousand passengers, compared to about 10 million and 645 thousand passengers during the same period in 2021, with a growth rate of 161.7%. .

Passenger numbers

According to data, "Emirates Today" obtained a copy of it, Dubai International Airport recorded more than five million passengers during June 2022 alone, the second highest number recorded since the "Covid-19" pandemic, compared to about 1.55 million in the same month of the year 2021, with a growth rate of 222 percent.

In turn, last May recorded 4.97 million passengers, compared to about 4.75 million passengers in April, and about 5.28 million passengers in March, while their number exceeded four million passengers during February 2022, and more than 3.7 million passengers in January 2022.

First Quarter

During the first quarter of 2022, Dubai International Airport recorded a strong increase in the number of passengers, exceeding 13.6 million passengers, in a strong indication of the restoration of passenger traffic and great momentum in the world's busiest international airport, recording strong passenger traffic for the second consecutive quarter, in which it exceeded Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport is an indicator of 10 million passengers.

Scheduled seats

Data published by OAG International, a provider of airport and airline data, showed that the total number of seats scheduled on international flights through Dubai International Airport, during this July, exceeded four million seats, which is the highest number since the start of the “Covid-19” pandemic. Thus, it ranked first, as the largest international airport in scheduled seat capacity on international flights, far ahead of “London Heathrow”, which ranked second.

In its monthly bulletin, OAG stated that Dubai International Airport increased its capacity by 28% during this July, compared to the previous month.

According to the data published by the Corporation, Dubai International Airport continued its strong performance, ranking second globally in total seat capacity on flights (international and domestic) together, after Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in the United States, which recorded about 4.7 million scheduled seats in July.

Dubai International has recorded strong growth rates in passenger traffic in recent months, which prompted Dubai Airports Corporation to raise its expectations for the number of passengers this year to 58.3 million passengers.

29.1 million passengers in 2021

Dubai International Airport has maintained the number one position as the world's busiest international airport for the eighth year in a row, receiving 29.1 million passengers during 2021. It also tops the list of the largest airports in terms of scheduled seat capacity on international flights.

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