(7 Aug 2025)
UAE DUBAI AIRPORT PASSENGERS
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 6 August 2025
1. Passengers arriving at Dubai Airport’s arrival terminal
2. Passengers pushing trolleys and suitcases
3. Pan of passengers
4. Tracking shot of passengers
5. Various of passengers exiting the arrival terminal
6. Suitcases on trolleys
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Majed Al Joker, Dubai Airports Chief Operating Officer:
"In the first half of the year 2025, we dealt with approximately 46 million passengers, an increase of 2.3% compared to the same period last year. This is considered one of the highest numbers of the first half (of the year) in the history of Dubai Airport."
8. Various of passengers waiting for their bags at the baggage carousel
9. Passengers
10. Passengers collecting their bags
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Majed Al Joker, Dubai Airports Chief Operating Officer:
"We’ve focused on technological solutions to speed up the turnaround of the planes between trips, reducing the duration of use of the taxiway or runway, and this is through the application of some smart solutions, and we are working on developing them. At the same time, if we look at it from the human resources side, we depend on human resource scheduling during peak times. For example, if we talk about the suitcases. We have the best baggage (delivery) rates in the world. Our success rate is more than 99%.”
12. Various of planes taxiing on tarmac
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Majed Al Joker, Dubai Airports Chief Operating Officer:
"The effective coordination between all strategic partners has a big role in dealing with any increase. We start by analyzing the data, we start by setting a plan and implementing a plan, but all of this happens with the participation of the strategic partners because every person and every strategic partner in the airport plays a big role in facilitating and accelerating the guest or passenger procedures."
14. Passengers at the departure terminal
15. Various of passengers at the self-service baggage drop-off counter
16. Passengers dropping off their suitcases
17. Various of passengers at the airline counters
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Majed Al Joker, Dubai Airports Chief Operating Officer:
"If we talk about the current capacity of Dubai airport, we can accommodate up to 100 million passengers and we are working, as I mentioned, through smart solutions, to increase this capacity to 118 or up to 120 million passengers. The most important thing is how we focus on building a smart, flexible infrastructure to deal with the increase of passengers. We invest in technology, we work to improve operations and improve the operational performance, and all of this is for the benefit of the guests. The whole goal is to provide a high-level experience to the guests and turning Dubai into more than just a gateway to Dubai.”
19. Emirates hostess checking documents
20. Departure and gates sign
21. Passenger heading to smart gates
22. Exterior of Terminal 3 at Dubai airport
STORYLINE:
Dubai Airport is experiencing a surge in passenger numbers, with more people passing through in the first half of 2025.
A record-breaking 46 million passengers travelled through the airport in the first half of 2025, a 2.3% growth that comes despite significant challenges, including widespread airspace closures across the Middle East due to the war between Israel and Iran in June.
The Dubai Airport is one of the busiest international hubs in the world.
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