Airport News

Passenger traffic at Dubai Airport, which overtook London's Heathrow last year as the world's busiest for international passenger business, rose 7.7 percent in January, the airport's operator said.

Passenger numbers climbed to 6.90 million in January from 6.40 million a year earlier, Dubai Airports said in a statement. Eastern European routes saw the fastest expansion of traffic, followed by North America.

Freight volume fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 186,230 tonnes because of last year's shift of dedicated cargo operations to Al Maktoum International.