Addendum
Dubai cements position as world’s leading international airport
April 1st 2025
Dubai International (DXB), one of two airports operated by Dubai Airports, processed 23.4 million international passengers in the first three months of this year. Read More » Passenger traffic was higher by 1.5% compared with the same months a year ago. In January this year, DXB processed 8.5 million air travelers at its terminal complex delivering DXB’s highest ever monthly traffic numbers.
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India was DXB’s top destination country with three million air travellers, followed by Saudi Arabia (1.9 million), UK (1.5 million), Pakistan (1 million), U.S. (804,000) and Germany (738,000).
The top five cities for DXB travellers in the quarter were London (935,000), Riyadh (759,000), Jeddah (627,000), Mumbai (615,000) and Delhi (564,000).
“Leisure travel also surged in the reported three months driven by a seasonal peak at the start of the year, Eid holidays and spring break with double digit increases in traffic to destinations including Czech Republic (+30.6%), Vietnam (+28.6%) and Spain (+20.2%),” DXB said.
