DXB Q1 traffic reaches 95.6% of 2019 levels with 21.2m passengers

DXB Q1 traffic reaches 95.6% of 2019 levels with 21.2m passengers

DUBAI, 9th May, 2023 (WAM) -- Traffic at Dubai International (DXB) has reached 95.6% of 2019 levels with passenger numbers exceeding 21.2 million in the first quarter of the year.

This follows DXB’s strong showing last year, during which the airport clocked 66m passengers to retain its position as the world’s busiest international hub for the ninth year running.

DXB’s passenger traffic totalled 21,256,489 during the first three months of the year, up 55.8% compared to the first quarter of 2022 and marking the first time since the fourth quarter of 2019 when average monthly traffic reached the 7-million passenger-mark.

March was the busiest month in the first quarter, with 7.3 million passengers, which is also the highest monthly traffic since January 2020, when DXB recorded 7.8m passengers.

DXB is currently connected to 234 destinations across 99 countries via 89 scheduled international carriers.

India remained DXB’s top destination country, with passenger traffic reaching 3m, followed by Saudi Arabia (1.6m), the UK (1.4m) and Pakistan (1m passengers). Other countries of note include the US (840K passengers), Russia (729K) and Germany (628K), while the list of top cities by passenger numbers was led by London (890K passengers) Mumbai (645K), and Jeddah (641K), followed closely by Riyadh (604K