Dubai’s Emirates reported a record-breaking summer season, carrying over 14 million passengers with seat load factors exceeding 80 percent between June and August.
In addition, over 35 percent of visitors travelling on Emirates to Dubai were families, with an average stay of over two weeks to explore the city’s attractions.
Come winter, Emirates expects another surge in demand for travel to the city.
“Travel demand across our network has been strong and resilient despite rising cost-of-living pressures in many markets. It shows the value that people place on travel – whether for work, play, study, or visiting loved ones; and how essential international air connectivity is to communities,” Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer, Adnan Kazim said.
For the city’s airport, Dubai International Airport (DXB) has demonstrated resurgence in key performance indicators, surpassing the pre-pandemic benchmarks of the first half of 2019. As one of the world’s busiest international aviation hubs, DXB welcomed a 41.6 million passengers during the initial six months of 2023. This figure reflects a growth of over 100 percent in comparison to the passenger volume recorded in H1 2019. Furthermore, when compared with the same period in 2022 (27.9 million), passenger traffic witnessed a significant surge of 49.1 percent.
Source: Hotelier
