Dubai International Airport - Buzzing With Activity

By Author: William King
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Enough of all those doom and gloom predictions for Dubai, news is that Dubai airport has shown a seven percent increase in the overall traffic last year. In addition to that, five new airlines have started their services from Dubai airport, which now ranks at number 6 in the list of busiest airports in terms of international traffic (and 15th by overall traffic according to statistics in 2009). With the addition of new airlines, total number of airlines operating from Dubai international airport has reached to 130. Remember, this investment has came at a time when airlines from all over the world are going through a crisis like situation and desperately looking to cut down costs through downsizing and other measures. And it's not only the outside investors, Dubai government has also been investing heavily in this airport, which is projected to accommodate a whopping 75 million passengers per annum in the year 2011, it will probably take it to the 3rd position in the world's busiest airports.

These numbers become even more impressive, when we look at other airports appearing on top of the list, for example four of them ...
... are the central airports in United States, two in China, then we have the big names like London Heathrow Airport, Tokyo International airport, and the like. As you can see, Dubai is getting as much international traffic as the cities like London, New York or Tokyo. Apart from the passengers, 1.8 million tons of cargo also passed through this airport during 2008. The airport that started functioning from just 2 international flights, back in 1937, today has turned into a hub for passengers and freight coming from all over the world. Presently it has four terminals, while another one is under construction. Dubai government has been working on construction and expansion of this airport, upon completion; it is estimated to be one of the biggest airports in the world.

Some people must be thinking (especially those who were busy telling stories of how Dubai has faltered big time), this traffic must have been those foreigners who are trying to abandon this place as soon as possible. Well, not really, as Dubai tourism statistics show an equally healthy figure, Dubai is still getting more tourists than the cities like Paris, London or Singapore and its peak season has not even started (Dubai gets most of its tourists in the months of July, August and September).

William King is the director of UAE Dubai Property & Dubai Real Estate Properties Portal: http://www.bayut.com , Islamabad Property & Islamabad Real Estate: http://www.zameen.com/Homes/Islamabad-3-1.html and Property & Real Estate Directory: http://www.propertydir.com. He has 18 years of experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping retailers, entrepreneurs and startups with their product sourcing, promotion, marketing and supply chain requirements.

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