April 2012
Dubai Airport monthly passenger traffic surpassed the 4.5 million mark for the second consecutive month in February this year while freight volumes witnessed an upturn after months of flat growth, according to the airports authority.

Passenger traffic surged by 19 per cent in February - a 16 month high - to reach 4.56 million compared to 3.83 million recorded in the same month in 2011.

This follows the airport's record traffic of over 4.8 million passengers in January, propelling the year to date (February) passenger traffic by 16.4 per cent to 9.41 million said the report by Dubai Airports.

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) continued to register the largest increase in total passenger numbers in February with more than 150,643 passengers, followed by the Indian subcontinent (more than 140,322), western Europe (more than 136,320), and Africa (more than 110,561 passengers).

© The Gulf 2012