DXB Has Had Its Busiest Month EVER In July

Dubai International Airport has seen its busiest month in history in July, thanks to a whopping 8 million passengers visiting the terminal. 

Passenger numbers hit 8,065,789 in 2017, up from 7,616,792 in July 2016. 

In the first seven months of 2017, DXB saw 51,120,057 passengers, up from 48,124,043 in the same period in 2016. 

The increases came primarily from a surge in South American traffic – surging 59%, Asia up 20% and Eastern Europe up 16.3%. 

India was the top destination with 1,028,508 passengers, followed by the UK with 610,151 passengers, and Saudi Arabia third with 573,170.