July 2018 cargo volumes up 4.8% over July 2017
Dubai International (DXB) recorded its second busiest month ever surpassing the 8 million passenger mark in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today.
The airport clocked monthly traffic exceeding 8 million passengers on three other occasions last year – in January (8.03 m), July (8.06 m) and August (8.23 m).
Passenger numbers in July totalled 8,207,987, up 1.8% compared to 8,065,789 recorded in July 2017. Year to date passenger traffic reached 51,947,092 up 1.6% compared to 51,120,057 recorded during the first seven months in 2017.
In terms of growth rate, Eastern Europe was the fastest growing region in July with traffic surging 24.4%, mainly fueled by flydubai’s route development plan, followed by the CIS countries (+18.34%) with major contributions from the Russian market and destinations such as Bishkek (Turkmenistan), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan) among others, and Africa (+9.7%).
India retained its position as the top destination country with 1,032,302 passengers, followed by Saudi Arabia (583,975 passengers) and the UK (581,557 passengers). London, with 358,201 passengers, topped the list of the most popular destinations served from DXB by traffic volume in July, followed by Kuwait (221,696), Mumbai (209,205) and Riyadh (200,411).
DXB recorded growth in cargo in July with volumes totaling 223,488 tonnes compared to 213,258 tonnes in July 2017, up 4.8%.
