DUBAI AIRPORTS

Dubai Airports owns and manages the operation of both of Dubai’s airports – Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC).

Dubai Airports was established as a commercial entity in April 2007, following organisational restructuring of the erstwhile Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).

Fast Facts

• Dubai International comprises three terminals
  Terminal 1 serves all airlines
  Terminal 2 serves scheduled, charter, and special flights (pilgrimage)
  Terminal 3 is dedicated for use by Emirates airline
  
  
• DXB is ranked the second  busiest airport in the world in terms of international passengers according to Airports Council International’s latest figures. The airport serves more than 145 airlines flying to more than 260 destinations across six continents.
  
  
• Following the opening of Concourse A in January 2013, the collective capacity of T1, T2, and T3 has increased from 60 million to 75 million passengers per annum.
  
  
• Dubai International recorded 5,418,946 passengers in April, an increase of 18.7 per cent compared to 4,566,673 during the corresponding month in 2012. April was the fifth consecutive month with more than five million passengers passing through Dubai International. The year to date traffic increased by 16.3 per cent to 21,905,363 compared to 18,828,279 recorded in the first four months of 2012.
  
  
• In 2012 passenger traffic reached 57,684,550 in 2012, up 13.2 per cent from 50,977,960 passengers recorded during 2011. The 2012 passenger traffic exceeded Dubai Airports’ forecast at the start of the year of 56.5-million by more than 1 million passengers.
  
  
• The annual passenger traffic in 2011 was 50.98 million, a year-on-year increase of 8 per cent compared to 47.2 million recorded in 2010.

• Passenger numbers are projected to reach 65.4 million in 2013 and 98 million by 2020.
  
  
• Total built up area of DI is 1,444,474 sqm
  [T1+C1 (246,474sqm) + T2 (13000 sqm) + T3+C2 (1,185,000 sqm)]
  
  
• Dubai Airports has a 35,000 sqm cargo facility located at Dubai International.
  
  
• Dubai International has the capacity to handle 2.5 million tonnes of cargo per year
  
  
• In April freight volumes increased by 7.3 per cent to 199,985 tonnes compared to 186,385 tonnes in April 2012. The year to date cargo totalled 784,832 tonnes, up 11.5 per cent to 703,826 tonnes during the first four months last year.
  
  
• Total freight volumes for 2012 reached 2,279,624 tonnes, an increase of 3.9 per cent from 2,194,264 tonnes recorded in 2011.

• DA Cargo is ranked third worldwide in terms of international freight traffic by the ACI.

Aircraft movements in April 2013 increased by 6.9 per cent to 30,469 compared to 28,503 recorded in April 2012. Year to date aircraft movements totalled 121,599, an increase of 6.2 per cent compared to 114,517 during the same period in 2012.

• Aircraft movements for 2012 reached 344,245 movements, up 5.5 per cent from the 326,318 movements recorded in 2011.
  
  

Dubai Airports opened Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC) with 17 cargo operators on June 27, 2010. The opening of the new airport involved the commencement of cargo operations as part of the project’s first phase. The airport has a total of 36 scheduled and charter freight operators operating at the facility.

• Passenger operations will be launched at DWC from October 27 with Wizz Air and Nasair flights for destinations in Europe and Saudi Arabia respectively.
  
  
• In the first quarter of 2013 freight volume at DWC increased by 7.8 per cent to 53,974 tonnes from 50,062 during the same period in 2012. Air traffic movements at the airport rose 16.8 per cent to 4,104 in the first three months of 2013 compared to 3,513 movements during the first quarter of 2012.

• DWC handled 219,092 tonnes of air freight during 2012, an increase of 144 per cent over 89,729 tonnes recorded in 2011.

• DWC recorded a total of 16,317 aircraft movements in 2012, up 99 per cent from 8,198 recorded in 2011.
  
  
• In 2011, some 8,198 aircraft movements were recorded - of which 3,609 (44 per cent) were commercial cargo flights, 4,548 (55.5 per cent) were test and training flights and 41 (0.5 per cent) were general aviation operations. During 2011, 36 airlines operated into Dubai World Central, predominantly as cargo charter operations.
  
  
• Dubai Airports launched General Aviation operations at DWC on February 28, 2011 with Al Futtaim Services Company as the launch customer.
  
  
• DWC will eventually become the world’s largest airport with a capacity of 160 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of cargo per year.

Fast Facts

• Phase 1 of DWC includes a single A380 compatible runway; a passenger terminal with capacity of 5 million passengers per annum (expandable to 7 mppa); a cargo terminal building with a capacity of 250,000 tonnes per annum (expandable to 600,000) and a 92-metre air traffic control tower.
  
  

• The major phases of the development to follow Phase 1 will incorporate up to four passenger terminals, with works on the last phase completing by the end of the next decade.
  
  
• The airport will have a total of five parallel runways, 4.5km long, each separated by a minimum of 800m
  
  
• DWC is designed to support aviation, tourism, and logistics well into the future.

Statistics

DXB PASSENGER TRAFFIC 2013 (Passenger figures in millions)

Month    2012                       2013                       % change

Jan         4,852,139              5,559,760              14.6%

Feb         4,561,147              5,080,360              11.4%

Mar         4,848,320              5,846,297              20.6%

Apr          4,566,673              5,418,946              18.7%

Total       18,828,279           21,905,363           16.3%                    

DXB PASSENGER TRAFFIC 2012 (Passenger figures in millions)

Month    2011                       2012                       % change

Jan          4,254,735                                4,852,139                                14%

Feb          3,831,385                                4,561,147                                19%

Mar          4,201,708                                4,848,320                                15.4%

Apr          4,237,548                                4,566,673                                7.8%

May         3,976,633                                4,388,614                                10.4%

Jun          4,065,809                                4,714,746                                16%

Jul           4,724,109                                5,006,155                                6%

Aug         4,019,230                                4,847,152                                20%

Sep         4,236,587                                4,780,394                                12.8%

Oct          4,307,817                                4,923,246                                14.3%

Nov         4,431,673                4,875,003                                10%

Dec         4,690,726                                5,320,961                                13.4%

Total       50,977,960              57,684,550              13.2%

DXB PASSENGER TRAFFIC 2010/2011

(Passenger figures in millions)

Month    2010                       2011                       % change

JAN        3.86                        4.25                        10%

FEB        3.64                        3.83                        5.2%

MAR       3.97                        4.2                          5.8%

APR        3.75                        4.24                        13.2%

MAY        3.65                        3.97                        8.8%

JUN        3.68                        4.07                        10.4%

JUL         4.30                        4.72                        9.7%

AUG       3.98                        4.01                        0.8%
SEP        3.98                        4.23                        6.2%

OCT        4.01                        4.30                        7.3%

NOV       4.07                        4.43                        8.9%

DEC       4.26                        4.69                        10.2%

TOTAL 47.26                50.98                8%         

DXB CARGO 2013

(Cargo in tonnes, total figures in millions of tonnes)

Month    2012                       2013                       % change

Jan         173,531                 188,520                 8.6%                      

Feb         157,492                 182,580                 15.9%   

Mar         186,417                 213,248                 14.7%

Apr          186,385                 199,985                 7.3%

Total       703,826                 784,832                 11.5

DXB CARGO 2012

(Cargo in tonnes, total figures in millions of tonnes)  

Month    2011                       2012                       % change

Jan         178,199                 173,531                 -2.6%

Feb         147,937                 157,492                 6.5%

Mar         185,921                 186,417                 0.3%

Apr          179,397                 186,385                 3.9%

May        187,905                 187,638                 0.1%

Jun         183,365                 194,992                 6.3%

Jul           192,538                 204,510                 6.2%

Aug         182,782                 190,770                 4.4%

Sep         177,128                 193,261                 9.1%

Oct          197,841                 202,619                 2.4%

Nov         191,658                 200,060                 4.4%

Dec         189,593                 201,949                 6.5%

Total    2,194,264          2,279,624          3.9%