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Dubai Airport Emerges As World’s Busiest International Airport With 4.9 Million Occupied Seats

by Deeplata Garde
Dubai Airport Emerges As World’s Busiest International Airport With 4.9 Million Occupied Seats

Dubai International Airport has lived up to its title as the busiest international airport in the world. This is according to traffic data from Dubai airport for 2022. As of this writing, 27.9 million passengers are using DXB airport. 27.9 million passengers are using DXB airport is just 1.2 million lower than the estimated total number of people using the airport yearly in 2021.

Spike In Travellers In Coming Months

Nearly 4.5 billion passengers will be anticipated worldwide in 2021, a rise of almost 25% from 2020. But there’s a decrease of much more than 50% from the figures for 2019. The top 10 busiest airports saw an increase of 51.8% from 2020 or a decrease of 29.1% from their 2019 results. Passenger traffic represents over 10% of all traffic worldwide (463 million passengers).

More travellers are anticipated at Dubai International Airport in September. The DXB airport’s traffic figures for 2022 show that it is projected to be higher than those for 2021, given that travel will grow in September. A substantial repair project at Dubai International Airport required the closure of the northern runway from May to June. It is incredible how many travellers the airport has indeed welcomed this year.

India was the most popular travel destination out of DXB, receiving 4 million travellers. Amazing! Saudi Arabia is the second-most visited country with 2 million tourists, while the United Kingdom is close behind with 1.9 million.

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Demand For Flights To Dubai

Since the emirate abolished required PCR testing for passengers who had received all necessary vaccinations in February, demand for flights to Dubai has increased. Many people flew in from India and Europe for the final few days of Expo 2020, which has attracted almost 23 million visitors since October.

India’s resumed international flights will provide DXB’s statistics this quarter an additional lift. Emirates Airlines revealed last month that starting on April 1, 2022. It will resume pre-pandemic flight frequency to its Indian destinations. The airline will run 170 flights each week to nine nationwide destinations.

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