Dubai International Airport has retained the crown as the world's No. 1 hub for international passengers by registering annual traffic of more than 78 million in 2015, according to its operator Dubai Airports.
Dubai International is expected to keep the crown for at least a couple of years more as its close competitor London Heathrow recorded average international passenger volume of below six million per month in 2015 compared to Dubai's monthly 6.5 million passenger traffic last year.
In 2014, Dubai International overwhelmed Heathrow to wind up the world's busiest air terminal. In 2015, Heathrow took care of 69.85 million universal travelers. Dubai's movement figures are about 12 for every penny more than London. After Dubai, other top air terminals on the planet - London, Hong Kong, Paris, Amsterdam and Singapore - were not able cross the 70 million global travelers mark in 2015.
"It's another flag year for Dubai International where we broke records, drew in and entertained our clients in new ways, and held our position as the world's No. 1 universal center point," Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said in an announcement. "Be that as it may, we have no opportunity to lay on our trees as we are as of now bustling testing the status our freshest office, the $1.2 billion Concourse D, which when it opens for our 70 or more carriers this quarter, will assume a vital part in helping us invite a huge number of travelers in solace and style."
Traveler numbers in December 2015 totalled 7.05 million an expansion of 8.5 for each penny contrasted with 6.5 million recorded amid that month in 2014, taking the normal month to month movement for the year to a record high of 6.5 million. It was the second time in the year after August when month to month activity surpassed the seven million imprint.
Saj Ahmad, boss expert at London-based Strategic Aero Research, said, Dubai International's record number of more than 78 million travelers in 2015 means the unending interest for go to the city.
"With proceeded with extension through Emirates and flydubai's natural, however because of fast development methodologies the airplane terminal has possessed the capacity to pull in more global activity than any time in recent memory. With more than eight for each penny movement development alone in December to more than seven million travelers in the month, there was positively no occasional lull," Ahmad told Khaleej Times.
Flying machine developments in 2015 achieved 403,517, up 14.1 for each penny contrasted with 353,507 developments recorded amid 2014. Month to month air ship developments in December totalled 35,575 contrasted with 33,595 developments amid that month in 2014, an expansion of 5.9 for each penny.
Amid the year Dubai International invited new aircrafts including Air Canada from Toronto, Eurowings from Cologne and China Southern from Wuhan among others. A sum of 12 new traveler destinations were additionally added on account of the continuous system extension of Emirates and flydubai.
India held its position as Dubai's single-biggest destination nation in 2015 with 10.39 million travelers, a year-on-year development of 17 for every penny contrasted with 8.91 in 2014. The UK was second with 5.68 million travelers took after nearly by Saudi Arabia. Regarding destination urban areas served by Dubai, Doha held the top spot took after by London and Mumbai.
Ahmad said the opening of the new concourse will facilitate help Dubai International's push to accomplish 100 million travelers by the turn of the decade.
"Undoubtedly, in view of current execution, it might well hit that objective before 2020 arrives. With this development, there will be an all the more squeezing need to create Al Maktoum International Airport significantly speedier."
In spite of the exchange of all unadulterated payload administrators from Dubai International to Dubai World Central, freight volumes remained generally relentless with 2.51 million tons of airfreight going through in 2015.