Dubai Airports: Passenger traffic growth to surpass 2019 levels

Dubai Airports: Passenger traffic growth to surpass 2019 levels

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Dubai Airports has published a forecast for annual passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) to reach 86.8 million in 2023. The figure surpasses 2019 traffic, propelled by strong growth throughout the first three quarters of the year and in anticipation of an exceptional surge in guest numbers in the final quarter of this year.

DXB began the second half of 2023 with a strong momentum in air travel numbers, with average monthly traffic reaching 7.6 million. This figure corresponds to the flier numbers pre-pandemic levels throughout the third quarter.

The world’s largest hub recorded 22.9 million passengers in Q3 – the highest quarterly traffic since 2019, taking the total year-to-date traffic for the first nine months of the year to 64.5 million passengers. This figure is a growth of 39.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2022 and one per cent above 2019.

“We’re thrilled but not entirely surprised that DXB is all set to surpass the pre-pandemic milestone well ahead of our initial projections by almost a year. Our outlook for the remainder of this year and the next remains optimistic. Teaming up with our strategic partners, we’re ready for the challenge to continue to exceed