DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Passenger traffic at
Dubai international airport returned to pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter, officials said on
Tuesday, with volumes nearing 18.5 million at the major aviation hub.
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Dubai, the
world’s busiest airport for international passengers before the COVID-19
pandemic, had 18,455,938 visitors in the three months to September, the biggest
number since 17.8 million in the first quarter of 2020.
Dubai Airports
CEO Paul Griffiths said the recovery in passengers travelling directly to and
from Dubai, rather than transiting the UAE’s commercial capital, had “exceeded
our expectations”.
“The recovery of
the point-to-point market, people coming to and from Dubai, has been faster
than the transfer market,” he told AFP.
“That’s
understandable because a lot of the transfer market, particularly in Southeast
Asia, Australasia and China took a long, long time to recover.”
Passenger
forecasts have been raised to 64.3 million for 2022 with “the prospects of a
stronger surge in the offing” in the final quarter, a company statement said.
The airport had
46.3 million passengers from January to September, up 167.6 percent year-on-year
and 72 percent of the number recorded in the same period of 2019.
Annual
projections stand at 77.8 million for next year and 87.4 million for 2024,
which would beat the pre-pandemic level of 86.4 million seen in 2019, Griffiths
said.
The annual figure is
projected to rise to a record 93.3 million passengers in 2025, beating the
current mark of 89.2 million set in 2018.
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