By the end of this year, the aviation and tourism sectors in Dubai are heading towards recording the highest record performance ever.
During the first nine months of this year, Dubai International Airport received 68.6 million passengers, an increase of 6.3%, compared to the same period in 2023. It also achieved a strong performance in the third quarter, after receiving 23.7 million passengers.
The third quarter also witnessed a growth in the number of flights, which exceeded 111,300 flights, bringing the total number of flights during the first nine months of the year to 327,700 flights, an increase of 6.4%. Dubai International Airport expects the total passenger traffic to reach The annual capacity for the year 2024 reached 91.9 million passengers, which is the highest number in the airport’s 64-year history, amid expectations of receiving 23.2 million. A traveler in the last quarter of 2024. In a related context, the “Mohammed bin Rashid Aviation Project” revealed that Dubai is heading to achieve a record performance in private aviation traffic in 2024, the highest ever, with private aviation traffic expected to exceed 18,000 flights during the current year.
The project expected that growth in private aviation traffic would exceed 8% during the current year, compared to last year 2023, which recorded traffic levels of about 16.6 thousand movements. The year 2024 witnessed the announcement and start of construction of the new passenger terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport at a cost of 128 billion dirhams, making it the largest in the world, with a final capacity of up to 260 million passengers, and 400 aircraft gates.
In the context of the hospitality and tourism sector, Dubai attracted 14.96 million international tourists during the first 10 months of this year, compared to 13.9 million tourists during the same period last year, a growth rate of 8%, and the number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last October, reached more than Of the 152.5 thousand hotel rooms in 827 hotel establishments, compared to about 149 thousand hotel rooms in 818 establishments at the end of October 2023.
In turn, international visitors recorded 35.15 million overnight stays during the first 10 months of this year, compared to 34.19 million overnight stays in the corresponding period, with a growth rate of about 3%.
The first Airbus 350 aircraft
In November 2024, Emirates Airlines officially unveiled the first Airbus A350-900 aircraft to join its fleet. The aircraft is divided into three classes, with spacious cabins that can accommodate 312 passengers, with the new business class containing 32 seats, and the premium economy class 21. seats, and the economy class has 259 seats. The Emirates A350 is the first new type of aircraft to join the Emirates fleet since 2008.
By September 30, 2024, Emirates Airlines was operating passenger and cargo flights to 148 airports in 80 countries, while the size of the carrier’s fleet had reached 259 aircraft by September 2024.
«Emirates Group»
The Emirates Group announced its best half-year financial results ever for the fiscal year 2024-2025, as it recorded pre-tax profits amounting to 10.4 billion dirhams ($2.8 billion), exceeding its record pre-tax profits in the same period last year. The group also recorded earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of debt, amounting to 20.4 billion dirhams, compared to 20.6 billion dirhams.
The group’s revenues amounted to 70.8 billion dirhams ($19.3 billion) during the first six months of the fiscal year 2024-2025, a growth of 5%, compared to 67.3 billion dirhams ($18.3 billion) for the same period last year.
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