Dubai Airport continues ascent over traditional international hubs

Dubai International Airport (DXB) continues its inexorable march to become the world's largest airport by international passenger traffic. At the end of Mar-2013, the airport announced it had been confirmed as the world's second busiest airport for international passenger traffic, moving ahead of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for the first time on a month to month basis.

Only London Heathrow Airport remains a bigger hub for international traffic. Given the pace of traffic growth in Dubai, the capacity constraints at London Heathrow and the dithering by UK authorities about runway capacity in southeast England, it is only a matter of time before Dubai becomes the world's largest international passenger hub.

Dubai Airports believes DXB can take the top spot by the end of 2015.