Dubai Airport 'to be second busiest in the world'

Dubai Airport is on track to become one of the world's busiest airports this year.

People travelling on flights to Dubai are helping the terminal to become one of the busiest in the world.

The terminal is enjoying a record year of growth and is currently on track to be named the second busiest in the world by the end of the year.

Passenger growth at the airport grew by 7.3 per cent year on year to October to a total of 4.3 million, despite there being a drop in travellers visiting the Middle East overall across the period.

If passenger numbers continue to rise at the same rate it will result in the airport overtaking Paris and Hong Kong in terms of passenger numbers.

"New routes, additional frequencies and extra capacity continue to drive passenger traffic growth at the Dubai hub," said Dubai Airports chief executive officer Paul Griffiths.

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Dubai airport sees traffic growth

Dubai International Airport handled more than four million passengers during October as it continues to see an increase in people taking flights to Dubai.

Traffic data show a total of 4,013,127 passengers passed through the airport last month - 14.8 per cent more than in October 2009 and is the second time in its history that more than four million travellers have been handled in one month.

Paul Griffiths, chief executive officer of Dubai Airports, said: "Over the past 50 years Dubai International has seen passenger numbers increase by an average 15.5 per cent annually.

"Before the end of the decade passenger numbers will approach 90 million making Dubai International the busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic."

Figures show the largest increase in passenger numbers was on flights to and from Western Europe and the Indian subcontinent.

Dubai International Airport has two departure terminals and offers e-check-in options to help reduce passenger waiting times.