New records at Dubai International Airport

Passenger movement in the third quarter has gone up to 18.5 million in 2005 as compared to 16.2 million in 2004 showing a 13.7% growth. The month of August has witnessed passenger movement of 2.3 million which is a new monthly record. Cargo movement is up to 967,806 tonnes in 2005 as compared to 810,726 tonnes in 2004, growing 19.4% over the same period last year. Aircraft movement has also shown positive growth by registering movements 159,738 in the last 9 months of 2005 as compared to 144,493 in 2004, showing a growth of 10.6%.

March and June witnessed the maximum growth in passenger movement registering 16.7 % and 16.5 % respectively. The most productive months for Dubai Cargo Village have been January and August with 30.3 % and 29.4 % growth respectively.

Executive Flight Services (EFS) showed a phenomenal growth of 60% growth in the nine months ending September 2005 as compared to last year. It handled a total of 4242 flights in the nine months of 2005 as against 2652 during the same period last year. Highest movement was recorded in the months of May and June with 126 % and 83 % growth respectively.

In 2004, according to statistics released by Airports Council International (ACI), Dubai International Airport emerged as one of the fastest growing airport in the world in terms of international passenger movement. Dubai International Airport had 21.7 million passenger throughputs in 2004.

According to projections, 2005 will witness around 25 million passenger throughput, while by 2010 Dubai will have 60 million passengers.