Dubai Airports: DXB starts 2016 with record 7.3 million passengers in January

15-Mar-2016 Dubai International (DXB) started the New Year with record monthly traffic of 7.3 million passengers in January, surpassing the previous benchmark of 7.2 million passengers which was set in August 2015. Passenger traffic reached 7,327,637 in January 2016, up 6.3 per cent from 6,895,668 registered during the same month in 2015, according to the traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today. In terms of percentage growth, North America recorded the highest growth in passenger traffic (19.9 per cent) - led by Emirates with the addition of an Orlando route and increased services to Boston, New York and Seattle - followed by the GCC (11.6 per cent) where Saudi Arabia registered double-digit growth thanks to the surge in traffic from Jeddah, and the Indian Subcontinent (8.7 per cent) mainly propelled by traffic on routes to traditionally strong markets of India and Pakistan.