Dubai International Airport

Dubai International Airport recorded a significant increase in passengers in the year 2006.

Some 28.8 million passengers used Dubai International Airport in 2006. This is a 16.17% increase on the previous year. The busiest months were December when 2.73 million passengers were recorded, 2.5 million in July and 2.4 million in September.

Aircraft movements also showed an increase of 9.25% in 2007 and cargo handling was up 5.85% to 1.41 tonnes.

Plans for a $4.1 billion expansion to the airports facilities are still on schedule. According to Dubai’s Department of Civil Aviation the new Terminal 3 and Concourse 2 should open later in 2007. The rest of the work will take until 2010 to complete but will then enable Dubai International Airport to handle 60 million passengers a year.