Dubai: India continues to be the top destination country Dubai International Airport with traffic volume in the first half of 2021 with a number of passengers exceeding 1.9 million (19 lakh), although there are restrictions on travel because Covid-19 affects the main market.
The busiest airport in the world for international travel recorded 10.6 million passengers in the first six months of 2021, Dubai airport said on Wednesday.
When projected strong growth for Dubai International (DXB) in the second half of this year.
“To anticipate a strong recovery from global air travel, we started the second half in a high tone with Re-opening Terminal 1 and Concourse D – home terminals for our 60 international operators – after 15 months of hibernation to accommodate seasonal tourist rushes during the holiday season Heat, “said Paul Griffiths, Dubai Airport CEO.
“It’s important to facilitate advanced expansion from network routes from our home base operators Emirates and Flydubai, the combined network – currently unfurled 168 goals – continue to grow,” Griffiths said.
India continues to be the top destination for Dubai airport by.
The traffic volume in the first half with a number of passengers exceeded 1.9 million, followed by Pakistan with 700,074 customers, Russia with 406,209 and Egypt (401,361), Dubai airport said in a press release.
Other destination countries include Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the US.
The top three cities with traffic were Addis Ababa (354,804), followed by Cairo (345,886) and Moscow (344,175).
“We have witnessed some of our busiest weekends this year in July, and with major international events such as Dubai Expo 2020 and Dubai Airshow 2021 marching for the coming months, the prospect of 2021 in terms of passenger numbers look very promising,” Griffiths said.
He said De recently Cision to move the UAE to the ‘List of Amber’ and the lift of conditional UAE from restrictions on traveling for passengers who arrived from four countries in Indian continental children and Nigeria and Uganda would significantly increase DXB traffic.
According to the latest figures issued by the International Council Airport (ACI), the DXB remains the busiest airport in the world for international passengers after defending the title for seventh consecutive years for annual traffic in 2020.
The airport has a big advantage at other international airports and has an advantage of almost two passenger traffic from the next busiest global center in the Middle East, said press release.
Dubai airport data showed the volume of Dubai airport passengers in the second quarter reached 4.9 million, taking a half-year rate for this year to 10.6 million, one year contraction of 40.9 percent, he said.
DXB currently presents 68 percent of the objectives of 94 percent of countries at 70 percent of airlines compared to Covid-19 pandemics.
The cargo continued to defeat the passenger segment in the case of recovery with cargo volume approaching the 2019 level in the second quarter.
DXB recorded 571,568 tons of goods in the second quarter, pushing the volume of the first half to 1.1 million tons, year-to-year increase of 27.7 percent.
It recorded a total of 99,392 flight movements during the first half, marginal years in the year increased 0.9 percent due to a low base resulting from the impact of partial suspension of operations from March 25 to July 7 in 720.
Dubai International Airport will see a massive surge in traffic Passengers in the coming days because more than one million passengers will travel between August 12 and 22, with a daily peak of an average of 100,000 passengers during the weekend, Khaleej Times reported.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Dubai Airport said this could be the busiest weekend of the hub so far this year.
This urges tourists to continue to follow the latest travel rules and plan their trips for a smooth travel experience.
The increase in passenger traffic is associated with a summer vacation when the family returns to the UAE and easing of travel restrictions for certain countries by the UAE government, the report said.
UAE recently stimulates travel rules for inbound passengers and transit from several countries of Asia and Africa, including India.
“We are ready, and we do everything we can to ensure that passengers have a safe and smooth experience at DXB,” said Essa Al Shamsi, vice president of the terminal at Dubai Airport.
“Given that the volume of passengers will be significantly higher in the arrival area during this period, it is important that the meeting and the arrival of passengers did not strengthen the road at the end of the terminal and they picked up their friends and family comfortably by using car parking or valet service,” Shamsi said.