DXB on track to break records in 2024 after stellar nine months

Dubai International (DXB) is connected way for record-breaking yearly traffic, pursuing an awesome show successful the archetypal 9 months of the year. By the extremity of September, DXB had welcomed 68.6 cardinal guests, laying a coagulated instauration for the typically high-traffic last 4th – a milestone made imaginable by the corporate efforts of colleagues and partners who enactment tirelessly to support the airport’s enactment status.

Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said, “This twelvemonth has highlighted the precise champion of DXB — showcasing its continued growth, resilience, and committedness to work excellence, qualities that person go synonymous with the airport. At the bosom of this occurrence is our people, whose dedication and collaboration person driven our record-breaking impermanent numbers and robust operational performance, keeping america astatine the apical for implicit a decade. DXB continues to beryllium our halfway focus, with ongoing concern successful lawsuit work and technological advancements, to guarantee our occurrence successful delivering a superior hospitality experience.

“What’s peculiarly noteworthy is that DXB is seeing much nonstop postulation than ever earlier — a displacement from the long-standing inclination wherever transportation postulation dominated. This reflects Dubai’s improvement into not conscionable a premier tourer destination, but besides a globally charismatic spot to live, work, and bash business, further underscored by the city’s booming existent property marketplace and its rising entreaty arsenic a destination for apical talent. We’re focused connected continuing to present an exceptional acquisition successful the last quarter, buoyed by Dubai’s vibrant wintertime calendar and renowned attractions.”

• Strong Q3

The momentum from the archetypal fractional of 2024 carried into Q3, during which DXB managed 23.7 cardinal guests, importantly contributing to the year-to-date full of 68.6 cardinal — a maturation of 6.3% compared to the aforesaid play successful 2023. Over 111,300 flights were handled successful Q3, propelling the full formation movements (all operations) for the archetypal 9 months to 327,700, up 6.4% year-on-year. 

DXB’s quality to grip specified precocious volumes seamlessly reflects the dedication of its squad and partners to providing an businesslike and world-class impermanent experience. By leveraging precocious technologies, specified arsenic biometrics and real-time tracking systems, guests proceed to bask a seamless and elevated journey.

• Top Markets and Destinations

India continued to pb arsenic the apical destination marketplace with 8.9 cardinal guests implicit the nine-month period. Saudi Arabia followed with 5.6 cardinal guests, marking a 15.2% increase, portion the UK accounted for 4.6 cardinal guests, a 4.7% maturation twelvemonth connected year. Pakistan and the USA contributed 3.4 cardinal and 2.6 cardinal guests, respectively, and Germany recorded 2.0 cardinal guests.

London remained the apical metropolis destination with 2.9 cardinal guests, followed by Riyadh, which saw beardown maturation astatine 2.3 cardinal guests — a 25.8% increase. Other cardinal metropolis destinations included Mumbai (1.8 million), Jeddah (1.7 million), New Delhi (1.6 million), and Istanbul (1.3 million). 

During this period, DXB processed 60.1 cardinal bags with an industry-leading accuracy complaint of 99.3%. Approximately 92% of arriving baggage for terminating guests was delivered wrong 45 minutes of the craft arriving connected stand. These figures item DXB’s unwavering committedness to operational efficiency, showcasing its capableness to negociate precocious postulation volumes with precision, maintaining creaseless operations and a top-tier airdrome experience.

• Direct Traffic and Winter Growth 

DXB expects to invited 23.2 cardinal guests successful the last quarter, a play known for precocious nonstop traffic, driven by expats travelling location for the festive play and visitors arriving to bask the UAE’s packed wintertime calendar. Around 60% of Q4 postulation is forecast to beryllium direct, compared to 50% successful Q3 and 55% for the afloat year.

Major planetary events and attractions, from the DP World Tour Championship, Emirates Dubai 7s, festive markets and famed New Year’s Eve celebrations, to GITEX Global and ADIPEC – successful the neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi – gully millions of planetary guests. The cruise play is besides successful afloat swing, with galore passengers acceptable to walk done Dubai’s ports arsenic cruise operators capitalise connected the city’s world-class infrastructure and superior aerial and oversea connectivity. 

This bustling play further underscores Dubai’s entreaty arsenic a lukewarm and vibrant wintertime escape, peculiarly for travellers from colder and rainier regions seeking sunshine and premium experiences. Growth is expected from Western Europe, with an summation of 237,000 seats (vs. Q3), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, adding 301,000 seats, supported by home-based carriers and caller airlines, including ITA, Condor, Hainan and Druk Air, which introduces a caller way to Paro, successful occidental Bhutan, are besides caller to the network, and Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International (DWC) welcomes Transavia and Eurowings. This summation of airlines and destinations reinforces DXB’s presumption arsenic 1 of the astir connected airports globally.

• A Strong Foundation for 2025

DXB retained its rubric arsenic the world’s busiest planetary airdrome for the tenth consecutive year, unveiled by the Airports Council International (ACI) earlier this year. With its robust show truthful acold and the anticipated surge successful Q4, its 2024 yearly postulation is present forecast to scope 91.9 cardinal guests – the highest successful its 64 years. This show underscores its operational excellence and the expanding stock of nonstop traffic, mirroring Dubai’s broader improvement arsenic a sought-after metropolis for tourism, business, and semipermanent living, evidenced by its caller ranking arsenic the apical metropolis successful the Middle East and Africa and among the apical 5 cities globally successful the ‘Global City Index 2024’[1].

With the groundwork laid successful 2024, DXB is well-positioned for continued success, acceptable to support its enactment successful planetary aviation and redefine the question acquisition for guests portion paving the mode for aboriginal maturation and innovation.

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