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Dubai continuing to attract international visitors

22 Mar 2010

Dubai International airport has reported strong growth in its passenger numbers in February, suggesting that the destination is still proving highly popular among travellers from across the globe.

The hub revealed that it handled over 3.6m people during the month, a 22.6% increase from February 2009.

Last month's figures follow record traffic of over 3.8m passengers in January.

Dubai Airports revealed that travellers from western Europe were among the leading contributors to the growth in February, along with those from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.

Paul Griffiths, chief executive of the organisation, said: 'We were the fastest-growing major international airport in 2009 and the figures so far this year are very encouraging.

'With economic activity picking up globally, Emirates set to launch a number of exciting new routes and the summer travel season fast approaching, we expect the robust growth to continue over the coming months.'

Emirates looks set to increase the number of passengers it carries to the destination this year when it deploys a second Airbus A380 to operate flights to Dubai from London Heathrow.

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