Dubai: A total of 845,046 passengers travelled through Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) in 2014, its first full year of passenger operations, operator Dubai Airports said on Tuesday.
Al Maktoum International, located in Dubai’s south near the Abu Dhabi border, opened to passenger traffic in late October 2013.
The airport saw increased passenger numbers midyear when a number of flights relocated from Dubai International during its 80-day runway refurbishment, Dubai Airports said in a statement.
In the three months ending December 31, 2014, 110,920 passengers used the airport.
In 2014, all freighter operators from Dubai International moved to Al Maktoum International, which saw 758,371 tonnes handled at the airport compared to 209,209 tonnes in 2013. Cargo volumes in the fourth quarter were 238,520 tonnes compared to 63,028 tonnes in the same period in 2013, Dubai Airports said.
The number of aircraft landing and taking off at Al Maktoum International in 2014 were 47,655, up 91.6 per cent compared to 24,871 in 2013. There were 11,687 aircraft landings and take-offs during the fourth quarter, 47 per cent more than the 7,948 in the same period in 2013.
