Bloomberg: Dubai Displaces Heathrow as Busiest International Air Hub
Jan 27, 2015, 9:31 am
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Bloomberg: Dubai Displaces Heathrow as Busiest International Air Hub
Dubai ended London Heathrow airport’s decades of dominance as the world’s top international air hub last year, buoyed by surging passenger numbers at local carrier Emirates with its record-breaking fleet of wide-body jets.
Dubai International Airport boosted passenger numbers 6.1 percent to 70.5 million in 2014, almost all of them traveling to or from locations outside the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement today. That took it past Heathrow, which attracted 68.09 million international travelers in 2014.
Dubai International Airport boosted passenger numbers 6.1 percent to 70.5 million in 2014, almost all of them traveling to or from locations outside the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement today. That took it past Heathrow, which attracted 68.09 million international travelers in 2014.
Feb 8, 2015, 5:38 pm
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DXB is taking all the south-asian traffic as EK runs multiple-dailies to many cities in South-Asian countries.......those countries have huge populations and the flying public there likes the middle eastern carriers for good IFE, planes and food...