Dubai airport still top for international passengers
Dubai International maintained its position as the busiest airport in 2017 for international passenger numbers, with a 5.5% increase from the previous year. Despite a slowing of growth, with December showing just a 1.9% increase year-on-year, for the full year DXB added almost 4.6m passengers to reach a total of 88,242,099. The most popular destination/origin city was London with 4,011,598 passengers, followed by Mumbai on 2,477,771 and Jeddah with 2,113,820 passengers. India was by far the largest country market for the airport with a 13.7% share of passenger numbers. The UK was in second spot with 6,466,404 passengers, overtaking Saudi Arabia on 6,364,598. Markets showing the biggest growth were Russia with a 28% increase in passenger numbers. <br/>
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Dubai airport still top for international passengers
Dubai International maintained its position as the busiest airport in 2017 for international passenger numbers, with a 5.5% increase from the previous year. Despite a slowing of growth, with December showing just a 1.9% increase year-on-year, for the full year DXB added almost 4.6m passengers to reach a total of 88,242,099. The most popular destination/origin city was London with 4,011,598 passengers, followed by Mumbai on 2,477,771 and Jeddah with 2,113,820 passengers. India was by far the largest country market for the airport with a 13.7% share of passenger numbers. The UK was in second spot with 6,466,404 passengers, overtaking Saudi Arabia on 6,364,598. Markets showing the biggest growth were Russia with a 28% increase in passenger numbers. <br/>
