Dubai: Cargo traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) grew 9.1 per cent during the first nine months of the year, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports.
DWC handled a total of 704,735 tonnes of freight from the beginning of the year till September, an increase of 9.1 per cent compared to 645,698 tonnes during the same period in 2016.
Passenger traffic at DWC, also known as Al Maktoum International, totalled 649,627 in the first nine months of the year, a growth of 7.9 per cent compared to 602,228 passengers recorded during the first nine months of 2016.
Eastern Europe was the top contributor to the traffic at DWC with 253,650, followed by the GCC with 174,563 passengers, and then the wider Middle East, which contributed 82,978 passengers. During the period, some of the top destination cities for passenger volumes were Moscow, which received 87,422 passengers from DWC, Kathmandu, with 58,534 passengers, and Amman with 42,832 passengers.
Flight movements during the first nine months of the year reached 24,875, down 15.3 per cent, compared to 29,380 during the same period in 2016. Between January and September, the average passengers per flight grew by 29.9 per cent to 120 compared to 93 during the same period last year.
