Dubai International Airport, Busiest for World Travel, Sees Record 92.3 Million Passengers in 2024 -

Dubai International Airport, The World’s Busiest for International Travel. File | Photo Credit: Reuters

Dubai International Airport, The World’s Busiest Fornational Travel, Saw A Record 92.3 Million Passengers Pass Through Its Terminals in 2024, Officials Announced Thursday.

The Result Cements Dubai’s bounce-back from the coronavirus pandemic, surpassing the previous record set in 2018 for the first time. Today, the airport feels like it’s bursting at the seams with aircraft movements and crowds moving through its cavernous terminals.

Also read | India Tops List for Highest Number of Passengers at Dubai Airport with 11.9 Million Arrivals

Authorities plan to move operations in 2032 to the City-State’s Second Airport after a Nearly $ 35 billion upgrade.

Dubai’s Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Announced The New Passenger Figure on X. The State-Owned Airport is home to the long-haul carrier EMRATES, Whiche Powers The Networks of State Linked Businesses Known As ” Dubai Inc. “

“Dubai is the airport of the world … and a new world in the aviation sector,” Sheikh Mohammed Wrote.

Speaking with The Associate PressDubai Airports Ceo Paul Griffiths Pointed to the Fact that the Airport Had Served More Than 700 Million Passengers Over the Last Decade – Closing in on Twice the Population of the United States.

The 2024 result “is not only a record for us, of course, but as the no. 1 Airport in the World, It’s A New World Record for International Passengers through Any Airport in the World, “MR. GRFFITHS SAID. print, which hasnight changed at all. “

In 2023, The Airport, Known as DxB, Had 86.9 Million Passengers. Its 2019, traffic was 86.3 million passengers. It had 89.1 Million passengers in 2018-Its Previous Busiest-Ever Year Before the Pandemic, What 66 Million Passengers Passed Through in 2022.

In 2024, India remained the top destination market for DXB, with 12 Million Passengers. Saudi Arabia Followed With 7.6 Million and the United Kingdom at 6.2 Million. DXB and al Maktoum International Airport, Known as DWC, Serve 106 AIRLINES FOLYINES FOLYINES to 272 Cities in 107 Countries Accounts The World.

A real-estate boom and the city’s highhest-Ever Tourism Numbers have made dubai a destination as well as a layover. However, the city is now grappling with increasing traffic and costs pressuring bot its Emiti Citizens and the Foreign Residents Who Power Its Economy.

Dubai plans to move its airport operations to al maktoum international airport, about 45 kilometers (28 mills) Away from DxB. The airport, which opened in 2010 with one terminal, serving as a parking lot for emirates’ double-decker airbus a380s and other aircraft during the Pandemic. But since then, it has slowly returned to life with cargo, commercial and private flights. It also hosts the biennial dubai air show and has a vast, Empty desert in which to expand.

Griffiths Said That Authorities Plan to Move Emirates, Its low-cost Sister Airline Flydubai and others to DWC by 2032. The Traditional Bedouin Tents of the Arabian Peninsula. Plans call for it to have five parallel runways and 400 aircraft gates.

With dxb alredy having so-called Smart Gates that can do facial reconstrance to Speed Passengers through Immigration, Griffiths Said That Building Dwc offred An opptunity to write Arate locations for ticketing, security and other checks.

It should be “a bit like a really well-designed railway station-You should arrive at the airport, face reconstrance through the gate and hemmediatily you are at Leisure,” He Said. “You can shop, you can dine, you can go into a lounge. You’ve got more time, which is hopefully

Dubai’s Passenger Numbers have been ahead of its traditional rival for international travel, London’s heathrow airport, for a decade now. On Wednsday, The UK Government Backed The Construction of a Third Runway at Heathrow, A Decadeslong Debate for the Airport.

However, Griffiths said that he remained confident dubai would remain ahead.

“I wouldn’t betting that when dwc phase 2 opens, they’ll still be talking about Heathrow Runway Three and No Spade will have gone into the ground,” He Said.

Published – January 30, 2025 09:22 PM IST