Wednesday 31 December 2014

Heathrow airport overtaken by Dubai as world’s busiest | UK news | The Guardian

Heathrow airport overtaken by Dubai as world’s busiest | UK news | The Guardian:



"Heathrow has lost its crown as the busiest airport in the world for international passenger traffic. The oil-rich Gulf city of Dubai has knocked London off the top spot, figures from the Airports Council International show.



A total of 68.9 million passengers had passed through Dubai International compared with 67.8 million at Heathrow as of December 22, despite a late slowdown in traffic with one important destination, trouble-hit Russia.



The rise in passenger numbers at Dubai this year came despite only a single runway being usable for 80 days because of a refurbishment scheme, which caused a temporary decline in flights."



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