Dubai International Airport first surpassed London Heathrow as the world’s busiest airport for international traffic in 2014 and has retained the crown ever since. DUBAI: Dubai International Airport saw the coronavirus pandemic push passenger traffic down by an unprecedented 70 per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year, its CEO announced on Monday , even as the airport held onto its prized title as the world’s busiest for international travel.
For months as the travel industry collapsed worldwide, Dubai’s massive airport, which saw 86.4 million passengers in 2019, became a ghost-town of shuttered shops. But recovery gained momentum in December as the city promoted itself as a pandemic-friendly vacation spot for tourists fleeing tough restrictions back home.
Underpinning Dubai’s reopening since last July has been an aggressive coronavirus testing campaign, with visitors welcome from anywhere as long as they get tested on arrival and in many cases before departure.Now, Griffiths said, the airport is betting on a swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines to “encourage more people to get on a plane”, along with contactless and thermal imaging technology.
Meanwhile, the UAE is struggling with a major surge in coronavirus cases, prompting countries to halt flights to Dubai and the city's government to impose restrictions that may disrupt its economy. The United Kingdom banned all direct flights to Dubai last month, freezing the world’s busiest international air route. London was ranked as the top destination city for Dubai’s airport last year, with 1.15 million customers.
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