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A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai’s international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, extending a post-pandemic tear that exemplifies the city’s economic boom.
The figure surpassed the previous high of 89.1 million in 2018, Dubai Airports said, despite regional tensions caused by the Gaza war and last April’s unprecedented floods that severely disrupted flights.
The United Arab Emirates city, located between Asia, Europe and Africa, has now been ranked as the world’s busiest international air hub for a decade.
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said the airport was still profiting from Dubai’s bounce-back from Covid-19, when the city rapidly reopened its doors and the flag-carrying airline, Emirates, was quick to re-activate its fleet.
“We were like a coiled spring ready to respond as soon as the market recovered,” Griffiths told AFP in an interview.
“So we’ve been able to get back to capacity, we’ve been able to encourage new airlines and we’ve seen double-digit growth from most sectors during the course of last year as a result of that.”
The trade, tourism and business centre is also witnessing record…
