Passenger traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) reached 1.3 million for the first nine months of the year despite a seasonal contraction in traffic volumes during the third quarter.
Key Facts and Figures
DWC welcomed 21,926 customers during the third quarter, down -81.6% mainly due to seasonal fluctuation in traffic during the summer, taking the year to date traffic to 1,270,442 (+99.4%). The high growth in year to date traffic is the result of the launch of temporary operations by a number of airlines during the 45-day closure of one of the two runways at Dubai International (DXB) earlier this year.
Top destinations
South Asia was the single largest contributor to traffic at DWC during the first nine months of the year with 379,851 passengers, closely followed by CIS 313,167 passengers and the GCC 281,184 passengers. Other significant contributors include Eastern Europe 127,087 passengers and Western Europe 105,906 passengers.
Russia was the top destination country with 294,145 passengers, followed by Saudi Arabia 201,138 passengers, India 193,900 passengers and Pakistan 107,112 passengers. Some of DWC’s top destination cities during the period under review were Moscow 166,412 passengers, Jeddah 55,873 passengers, and Karachi 39,762 passengers.
Flights
DWC recorded a total of 5,948 flights in the third quarter (+3.6%) taking the year to date tally to 28,078 flights (+28.7%) at the end of September.
Cargo
The softening of demand in the cargo sector continued in the third quarter with DWC handling 226,830 tons (-10.8%), bringing the year to date cargo volumes to 676,830 tons (-7.2%).
DWC is currently served by 16 passenger airlines operating an average of 160 weekly flights to 37 international destinations. DWC is also home to 20 cargo operators that fly to as many as 43 cities around the world.
Source: Dubai Airports