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DXB issues peak travel alert, shares tips to beat Eid holiday rush

Editor - PK June 20, 2023

Dubai International (DXB) will welcome an estimated 3.5 million passengers between June 20 and July 3, with average total daily traffic reaching 252,000. Dubai Airports said the world’s busiest international airport will get even busier in the coming weeks as the UAE’s summer school break

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Dubai Airports sees rise in traffic after 41% first-half drop

Editor August 12, 2021

The number of people passing through the world’s largest airport by international traffic fell to 10.6 million, as the airport served 68 percent of its pre-pandemic destinations Dubai Airports is projecting growth for Dubai International (DXB) in the second half (H2) of the year after the airport clocked 10.6 million passengers in the first six […]

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Dubai Airports to reopen Terminal 1 on June 24

Editor June 21, 2021

Dubai Airports has announced that it will reopen Dubai’s International’s Terminal 1 and Concourse D on June 24. The facilities were closed on March 25, 2020 following the partial suspension of operations at DXB to control the spread of COVID-19. The reopening of the facilities will enable the gradual return of 40 plus international carriers […]

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Fast-track service at Dubai Airports reduces passport control processing time up to 9 seconds

Editor - PK May 26, 2021

Dubai Airports’ fast-track passport control service, that deploys face and iris-recognition technologies, has reduced the time to complete passport control formalities to between 5-9 seconds, a senior official has confirmed. “Recently, we launched a new fast-track passport control service that uses face and iris-recognition technologies. The new biometric systems deployed

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Covid-19: New rapid PCR tests at Dubai Airports to give results in 3-4 hours

Editor May 20, 2021

Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths says biometric passport could be a possible substitute to PCR tests. Dubai Airports is setting up a laboratory to conduct PCR tests which will produce results in just 3-4 hours and help improve passenger traffic flow through Dubai International. “We are going to establish a lab on the premise close […]