After the COVID-19 pandemic, India leads the recovery of passenger traffic at Dubai Airport

India continues Dubai International Despite travel restrictions due to COVID-19 affecting its main source market, the airport was the largest destination country in terms of traffic volume in the first half of 2021, with more than 1.9 million (1.9 million) passengers.

Dubai Airports said on Wednesday that the world’s busiest international travel airport welcomed 10.6 million passengers in the first six months of 2021.DXB) The second half of the year.

“In view of the strong recovery in global air travel, we reopened Terminal 1 and Hall D (the home terminal of our 60 international airlines) after 15 months of hibernation to adapt to seasonal peaks, thus making a high profile Starting the second half of the summer for travelers,” said Paul Griffith, CEO of Dubai Airports.

Griffith said: “This is critical to the continued expansion of our home base airlines Emirates and flydubai’s route network, and their combined network-currently spanning 168 destinations-continues to grow.”

Dubai Airport stated in a press release that India continued to be the destination country with the largest passenger flow for Dubai Airport in the first half of the year, with more than 1.9 million passengers, followed by Pakistan (700,074 customers), Russia (406,209) and Egypt (401,361) name).

Other notable destination countries include Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The top three cities in terms of traffic volume are Addis Ababa (354,804), followed by Cairo (345,886) and Moscow (344,175).

“We have already witnessed the busiest weekend of the year in July, as well as major international events such as Expo 2020 Dubai And the 2021 Dubai Airshow will be held in the next few months. Judging from the number of passengers, the outlook for 2021 looks very promising,” Griffith said.

He said that the UK recently decided to UAE Joining the “Amber List” and the UAE’s conditional removal of travel restrictions on travelers from four countries in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Nigeria and Uganda, will greatly increase DXB’s passenger flow.

According to the latest data released by the Airports Council International (ACI), DXB remains the world’s busiest airport for international passengers after maintaining the title of annual passenger traffic for the seventh consecutive year in 2020.

According to the press release, the airport is clearly ahead of other international airports, and its passenger traffic is nearly twice that of the next busiest global hub in the Middle East.

According to data from Dubai Airport, the passenger traffic at Dubai Airport in the second quarter totaled 4.9 million, bringing the half-year figure for the year to 10.6 million, a year-on-year contraction of 40.9%.

Compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic, DXB currently serves 68% of destinations in 94% of countries on 70% of airlines.

In terms of the recovery of freight volumes approaching 2019 levels in the second quarter, freight continued to outperform the passenger sector. DXB recorded 571,568 tons of freight in the second quarter, pushing the freight volume to 1.1 million tons in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 27.7%.

Due to the partial suspension of operations from March 25 to July 7, 2020, the base number is low. A total of 99,392 takeoffs and landings were recorded in the first half of the year, a slight increase of 0.9% year-on-year.

Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport will see a substantial increase in the coming days, as more than 1 million passengers will travel between August 12 and 22, and the daily peak on weekends will average 100,000 passengers. Khalij Times Report.

Dubai Airport said in a statement on Tuesday that this may be the busiest weekend for the hub so far this year. It urges travelers to keep abreast of the latest travel regulations and plan their journey for a smooth travel experience.

The report stated that the increase in passenger traffic was due to families returning to the UAE during the summer vacation and the UAE government’s relaxation of travel restrictions on certain countries.

The UAE has recently relaxed travel regulations for inbound and transit passengers from some Asian and African countries, including India.

Essa Al Shamsi, Vice President of Terminal Operations at Dubai Airport, said: “We are ready and are doing everything we can to ensure that passengers have a safe and smooth experience at DXB.”

“Considering that the number of passengers in the arrival area will increase significantly during this period, it is important that those who greet and greet arriving passengers are not crowded on the road in the forecourt of the terminal building, and that they can use the parking lot or valet comfortably Parking service,” Shamsey said.