Dubai airport sees passengers top pre-pandemic levels

Passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport passed pre-Covid pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2022, its chief executive said (Jon Gambrell/AP)

Passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport passed pre-Covid pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2022, its chief executive said, causing the airport to revise its annual forecast by another one million passengers.

Paul Griffiths, who oversees the world’s busiest airport, told the Associated Press the annual forecast for Dubai International, or DXB, is more than 64 million.