Dubai airport set to overtake London Heathrow as the busiest international airport in the world

Dubai International Airport has displaced Hong Kong as the world’s third busiest international airport and stands poised to become the busiest in the world by overtaking London Heathrow.

By April the new fourth all-A380 terminal will be fully operational with Qantas moving all its flights from Singapore to Dubai. The ongoing expansion of Emirates Airline and other Gulf carriers should put Dubai International Airport easily into the number one slot within the next year or two, according to an ArabianMoney forecast based on traffic growth.

57.6m passengers

The annual traffic report from Dubai Airports published yesterday revealed a 13 per cent jump in passenger traffic 57.6 million last year, compared with 50.9 million passengers in 2011.

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