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Jan 13, 02, 8:36 am
Good Times For Dubai Airport
Despite the current depressed state of the aviation industry, the Middle East's fastest growing airport, Dubai International, had a good year in 2001.
Passenger numbers were up by 10 percent and cargo growth was only a little behind, at 9 percent. A total of 13.5 million people used the airport, which has ambitions to become the region's leading hub.
Dubai just failed to reach its growth target of 14 million passengers, following a downturn after the terrorist attacks in the US, but is confident about its immediate future.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates, said: "2001 has been a good year for Dubai International Airport despite the impact of global events. In fact, we are close on track with the forecasts with passenger and freight movement and Dubai Duty Free had a record year with shop floor sales consistently higher than the previous year. Airport operations have shown significant increase across all sectors and we aim to retain this trend in 2002.
"The opening of Sheikh Rashid Terminal marked a new high in passenger movement. We have had consistent growth - the year 2000 had a phenomenal growth of 14.6 percent. We expect this growth to continue and hence will be beginning our next phase of expansion in the first quarter of 2002."
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2002/01/1010927096.html
Despite the current depressed state of the aviation industry, the Middle East's fastest growing airport, Dubai International, had a good year in 2001.
Passenger numbers were up by 10 percent and cargo growth was only a little behind, at 9 percent. A total of 13.5 million people used the airport, which has ambitions to become the region's leading hub.
Dubai just failed to reach its growth target of 14 million passengers, following a downturn after the terrorist attacks in the US, but is confident about its immediate future.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates, said: "2001 has been a good year for Dubai International Airport despite the impact of global events. In fact, we are close on track with the forecasts with passenger and freight movement and Dubai Duty Free had a record year with shop floor sales consistently higher than the previous year. Airport operations have shown significant increase across all sectors and we aim to retain this trend in 2002.
"The opening of Sheikh Rashid Terminal marked a new high in passenger movement. We have had consistent growth - the year 2000 had a phenomenal growth of 14.6 percent. We expect this growth to continue and hence will be beginning our next phase of expansion in the first quarter of 2002."
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2002/01/1010927096.html