#Dubai airport handles 89.1 million passengers in 2018, misses target | Reuters

Dubai airport handles 89.1 million passengers in 2018, misses target | Reuters:

Dubai International Airport handled 89.1 million passengers in 2018, missing its target but remaining the world’s busiest for international travelers.

Passenger traffic rose one percent last year, operator Dubai Airports said on Monday, its weakest annual growth rate in at least a decade and short of its 90.3 million target.

Dubai airport, the hub for airlines Emirates and flydubai, saw growth slow throughout 2018 after 15 years of strong increases. Among other factors, the Gulf’s economic slowdown because of low oil prices has dented the region’s travel industry.