Wednesday, September 30, 2015

At Dubai airport, India is the top destination

New Delhi: India is now the top destination country for the world's busiest airport, Dubai, with Mumbai being the busiest destination in the country for flyers to and from the Emirate. This August Dubai saw its highest every monthly traffic of 72.8 lakh international flyers, of which the 8.5 lakh to and from India were the single largest chunk.

"India remained the top destination country (855,550 passengers), followed by the UK (543,213 passengers) and Saudi Arabia (480,051 passengers),"a statement by Dubai Airports said. "The Indian subcontinent topped the list of regions with highest growth in passenger numbers (+143,970 passengers) followed by Western Europe (+129,950) and the GCC (+111,637)," it added.
30/09/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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