Inside Dubai International Airport. Image: canva

The world’s top 20 busiest airports: 11 are on THIS continent

A recent report has revealed that 11 of the Top 20 busiest airports in the world are on one particular continent. Here’s where…

by Sundeeka Mungroo

03-12-2023 11:57

in International Travel News

Inside Dubai International Airport. Image: canva

World’s busiest airports

ForwardKeys, a leading travel analytics firm, has reported that of the top twenty airports, 11 of them are located in Europe.

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According to Schengenvisa.info, the findings of the reports also showed that Dubai International (DXB) Airport is the number one busiest airport in the world, with 41.6 million visitors recorded in the first half of 2023.

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The airport is now expecting to receive 85 million passengers for the rest of 2023, with this new forecast being just 1.6 per cent below Dubai International’s 2019 traffic of 83.6 million.

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