Dubai International Airport’s H1-2022 passengers more than double to 27.9m, with London the No. 1 destination

Dubai International Airport’s H1-2022 passengers more than double to 27.9m, with London the No. 1 destination

Dubai: Passenger numbers through Dubai International Airport (DXB) more than doubled in the first six months of 2022, to 27.9 million, reinforcing the gains Dubai’s travel and tourism sector has been making since opening up after peak Covid. Passenger traffic for H1-21 was 10.6 million. The world’s busiest international airport also raised its full-year 2022 forecast to 62.4 million passengers from previous estimate of 58.3 million. “DXB’s recovery from the impact of the global pandemic has been spectacular, and that position has been strengthened during 2022, particularly during the second quarter,” said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports. “Not only has Dubai Airports been successful in managing the recovery, but customer service quality has been maintained throughout. “We knew at the start of the pandemic that the dramatic downturn would be followed by an equally dramatic upturn, so we were well prepared for it and using all of the business data at our disposal were able to predict the start of the recovery.” July and August traffic should show an even greater pick-up as UAE’s citizens and residents took their well-earned summer breaks. The higher H1-222 numbers came despite a significant reduction in capacity resulting from the 45-day closure of