ACU_December 2016 Final Draft for Approval

DXB freight volumes
up 9.5% in October
DUBAI: Freight volumes at Dubai
International Airport posted a 9.5
percent growth to 236,169 in October,
the biggest monthly increase seen so
far this year, according to Dubai
Airports.
Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports,
said year-to-date cargo volumes
reached 2,127,589 tons, up 2.8 percent
compared to 2,069,360 tons recorded
during the same period last year.
In terms of passenger volume, DXB
welcomed more than 69 million as of
October 2016, up by 6.8 percent
compared to the same period in 2015
with 64.947 million passenger traffic.
Eastern Europe led the pack again as
the fastest-growing market in October
(+25.2 percent) thanks to additional
capacity and new services launched
by a number of airlines, followed by
South America (9.9 percent), Asia (8.2
percent) and the Indian Subcontinent
(6.7 percent). India remained the top
destination country (901,958 passengers),
followed by the UK (493,181
passengers) and Saudi Arabia (349,198
passengers).
London continued to be the top
destination city out of Dubai with
301,024 passengers followed by Doha
(230,561 passengers) and Mumbai
(177,590 passengers).
Baku (+108.7 percent) topped the list of
cities in terms of percentage growth,
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followed by Amritsar (80.9 percent),
Calicut (56.8 percent) and Cape Town
(49.3 percent) due to increased
capacity.
A total of 35,294 flights operated at
DXB during the month under review
compared to 34,921 movements
recorded in October 2015 representing
an increase of 1.1 percent. Year to date
347,463 flights operated at DXB, up 3
p e rcent compared t o 3 3 7, 4 2 6
recorded during the same period in
2015.