Dubai airport could join ‘100 million passenger club’ this year

Dubai airport could join ‘100 million passenger club’ this year

Dubai International (DXB) airport could join the '100 million passengers club' (referring to the number of passengers serviced in a year) this year as the aviation sector continues to grow at an exponential pace in the post-Covid period, said a new study.

According to a global aviation analyst CAPA - Centre for Aviation, a market intelligence firm for the aviation and travel industry, several cities will join, or rejoin, the ‘100 million passengers club’ in 2024.

One of cities mentioned is Istanbul, which now has the largest network of routes in the world at a single airport, with a total (as of the week commencing December 18, 2023) of 298 direct routes at Istanbul Airport, and a further 125 at the Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Istanbul has been part of the 100 million passenger club before.

“Other cities likely to join or rejoin the club this year are Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Dubai, and Atlanta (a single airport). London will again by far be the largest in terms of passenger numbers at its collective airports with 177 million passengers anticipated in the calendar year 2023, based on growth rates in the first eight months of 2023,” CAPA - Centre for Aviation said