Dubai Airport 2015 traffic up 10.7%

Dubai International remained the world's busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7%, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes. Annual traffic rose to 78m passengers from 70.5m in 2014. In the month of December alone, traffic climbed 8.5% to 7.05m people. The addition of 12 new passenger destinations from Dubai lifted traffic through the airport as local carriers Emirates and Flydubai expanded. Air Canada, Eurowings and China Southern also began operating to Dubai. Last year saw regional tensions and conflicts in countries including Yemen, Iraq and Syria, but Dubai Airports CE Paul Griffiths said: "We haven't seen any impact from regional conflicts." Dubai initially overtook London's Heathrow to become the world's busiest airport for international traffic in 2014. <br/>