Rise in passengers at Dubai airport from Indian subcontinent

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest by international traffic, experienced an 8.1 per cent increase in passenger numbers in November 2015, including a large spike in travelers from India.
Traffic rose to 6.01 million passengers from 5.57 million in November 2014, taking the total so far in 2015 to 70.96 million, up 10.9 per cent, according to the monthly traffic report released today.
During the month, Indian subcontinent recorded the largest increase in total passenger numbers (+160,647 passengers) spurred by growth in traffic and launch of new flights including SpiceJet's services to Kozhikode and Amritsar, followed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Western Europe and North America.

Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths said the airport had an average monthly traffic of nearly 6.5 million passengers.
"We are sure the seasonal peaks that we experienced in December will help round off the year with an impressive annual figure," he said.
The strongest markets in terms of percentage growth were Eastern Europe (+29.7 per cent), North America (+27.7 per cent) driven mainly by Emirates' expanding network to destinations in the US and the GCC (16.9 per cent) with Muscat, Doha and Jeddah topping the destinations with highest growth during the month.

Aircraft movements in November increased by 4.2 per cent to 33,787 from 32,424 recorded during the same month in 2014.

Dubai International handled 218,323 tonnes of cargo in November, an increase of 3.8 per cent compared to 210,251 tonnes recorded during the same month in 2014.
The year to date freight volumes reached 2,287,167 tonnes compared to 2,217,135 tonnes handled during the corresponding period in 2014, an increase of 3.2 per cent.
Dubai International Airport overtook London's Heathrow to become the world's busiest airport in 2014.