{"id":18032,"date":"2022-02-24T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T05:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=18032"},"modified":"2022-02-24T11:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T05:59:04","slug":"dubai-international-retains-title-of-the-worlds-busiest-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/dubai-international-retains-title-of-the-worlds-busiest-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai International retains title of the world\u2019s busiest international airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Dubai International Airport (DXB<\/strong>) has retained its title of world&#8217;s busiest for international passenger traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">The airport served 77.5 million passengers last year, according to the <strong>2015 ACI World Airport Traffic <\/strong>report, up 10.7 percent on 2014, with the facility racing ahead of <strong>London Heathrow and Hong Kong<\/strong> in terms of its international passenger throughput.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"Dubai International Airport (DXB) has retained its title of world's busiest for international passenger traffic. Read more below\" class=\"wp-image-18034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-1536x850.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-750x415.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999-1140x631.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/89755999.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dubai also handled 2.51 million metric tonnes of freight in 2015, up 3.4 percent compared with 2014. <\/li><li>It was second only to Hong Kong in terms of the world\u2019s busiest air cargo airports.<\/li><li>Worldwide airport passenger numbers increased 6.4 percent in 2015 to almost 7.2 billion, with all six regions registering growth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The world\u2019s busiest airport overall (international and domestic passengers) was <strong>Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) <\/strong>with more than 100 million passengers, up 5.5 percent year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Middle East recorded 334 million<\/strong> air passengers in 2015, according to the report, an increase of almost 10 percent compared to 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong>On the back of a growing middle class in key emerging markets, the significant growth of intercontinental hubs in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East reveals that air transport\u2019s nucleus continues to move eastward,&#8221; <\/strong>the report said.<\/p><p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/DAX.in\">Dubai Airports, <\/a>DXB reported <strong>78 million passengers<\/strong> in 2015, up 10.7 percent on 70.47 million passengers in 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport is on track to report passenger throughput of 83 million in 2016, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai\u2019s aviation sector represents more than 27% of Dubai\u2019s GDP, or US$26.7 billion, according to the most recent Oxford Economics study (2013), while 21% of Dubai\u2019s employment is directly or indirectly dependent on the aviation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>By 2020, the industry\u2019s contribution to <strong>GDP will increase to 37.5%, with a total annualised impact of $53.1 billion, generating 754,500 jobs or 29.9% of total employment in Dubai, <\/strong>according to Griffiths.<\/li><li>Dubai International Airport (DXB) has retained its title of world&#8217;s busiest for international passenger traffic.<\/li><li>DXB is also the second busiest airport for cargo, according to new figures released by the Airports Council International (ACI).<\/li><li>The airport served 77.5 million passengers last year, according to the 2015 <strong>ACI World Airport Traffic <\/strong>report, up 10.7 percent on 2014, with the facility racing ahead of London Heathrow and Hong Kong in terms of its international passenger throughput.<\/li><li>Dubai also handled 2.51 million metric tonnes of freight in 2015, up 3.4 percent compared with 2014. <\/li><li>It was second only to Hong Kong in terms of the <strong>world\u2019s busiest air cargo airports.<\/strong><\/li><li>Worldwide airport passenger numbers increased 6.4 percent in 2015 to almost 7.2 billion, with all six regions registering growth.<\/li><li>The world\u2019s busiest airport overall (international and domestic passengers) was <strong>Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson<\/strong> (ATL) with more than 100 million passengers, up 5.5 percent year on year. <\/li><li>The Middle East recorded 334 million air passengers in 2015, according to the report, an increase of almost 10 percent compared to 2014. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dubai-airport.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cOn the back of a growing middle class in key emerging markets, the significant growth of intercontinental hubs in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East reveals that air transport\u2019s nucleus continues to move eastward,&#8221; <\/strong>the report said.According to Dubai Airports, DXB reported 78 million passengers in 2015, up 10.7 percent on 70.47 million passengers in 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The airport is on track to report passenger throughput of 83 million in 2016,<strong> Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths has revealed.<\/strong><\/li><li>Dubai\u2019s aviation sector represents more than 27% of Dubai\u2019s GDP, or US$26.7 billion, according to the most recent <strong>Oxford Economics study<\/strong> (2013), while 21% of Dubai\u2019s employment is directly or indirectly dependent on the aviation sector.<\/li><li>By 2020, the industry\u2019s contribution to GDP will increase to 37.5%, with a total annualised impact of $53.1 billion, generating 754,500 jobs or 29.9% of total employment in Dubai, according to Griffiths.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai International Airport (DXB) has retained its title of world&#8217;s busiest for international passenger traffic. 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