Dubai airport pushes limits with record 95 mn passengers

Dubai: Dubai s main airport handled a record 95.2 million passengers last year, straining capacity as it prepares to move to a new site, a statement s...

Dubai: Dubai's main airport handled a record 95.2 million passengers last year, straining capacity as it prepares to move to a new site, a statement said on Wednesday.

Passengers at Dubai, the world's busiest airport for international traffic, rose 3.1 percent in 2025 and included 8.7 million in December, a monthly record.

Dubai International is "operating at the edge of physical capacity while consistently delivering operational excellence", Dubai Airports said.

Passenger traffic is expected to rise further to 99.5 million this year, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths was quoted as saying.

That number could hit 115 million before the transition to Al Maktoum International on Dubai's outskirts is completed in 2032, Griffiths said in October.