DUBAI, 21st June, 2017 (WAM) -- Dubai International, DXB, is lining up extra staff and an exciting array of activities, promotions and entertainment as part of its preparations for the Eid holiday rush.

With Eid coinciding with schools across the UAE closing for the summer, Dubai Airports is anticipating heightened traffic during the week with over 1.9 million passengers expected to pass through DXB.

The busiest day for departures will be Friday, 23rd June, with over 76,000 departing passengers while 30th June will be the busiest day for total traffic, departing, arriving and connecting, with over 262,000 customers.

Dubai Airports will augment staff levels and employ passenger flow monitoring technology that allows the airport, airlines and control authorities to detect and deploy staff to areas of high passenger concentration. Further, the airports new smart gate service, which allows the use of Emirates ID cards upon arrival and departure, will reduce immigration transaction times to 10-15 seconds and alleviate congestion at immigration points.

"Due to the heavy passenger loads we want to remind passengers to give themselves a bit of extra time to get to and through the airport," said Anita Mehra, Senior Vice President of Communication and Reputation at Dubai Airports.

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