UAE. Dubai International welcomed over 7.6 million passengers in April, a +9.2% increase year-on-year.
Operator Dubai Airports said that 7,622,946 passengers used the gateway in the month. For the first four months of 2017, passenger traffic rose +7.8% to 30,119,542.
In terms of percentage growth by route, South America topped the list during April with traffic to the region up by +38.9%, followed by Eastern Europe (+33.9%) and Asia (+18.9%). The Indian subcontinent outperformed all regions in terms of volume with 1,694,476 passengers, followed by Western Europe (1,677,144), and the GCC (1,301,785).
London was the top city destination with 350,015 passengers in April, followed by Doha (290,524), Jeddah (196,673), Bangkok (192,981) and Mumbai (191,183).
“The growth at DXB has been very satisfying in the first four months of the year, and with the Islamic festival of Eid Al Fitr coinciding with start of the summer holidays next month, we are confident the numbers will boost our performance in the first half.” said Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths.
