Dubai airport passenger traffic up 1.8 pct in July

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travellers, recorded a 1.8% rise in passenger traffic in July, its operator said Wednesday. Dubai airport, the hub of airlines Emirates and flydubai, handled 8.2m passengers last month, compared with 8.06m a year earlier. It was the airport’s second busiest month ever after August 2017, when 8.23m passengers used the airport, said operator Dubai Airports. For the seven months to July 31, passenger traffic was up 1.6% to 51.9m. The airport has seen passenger traffic slow this year after 15 years of strong increases. Cargo handled at the airport rose 4.8% to 223,488 tonnes in July and in the first seven months of the year was down 1.6% to 1.5m tonnes. <br/>