Overview
- Dubai International handled 95.2 million passengers in 2025, up 3.1%, retaining the title of busiest airport for international traffic for the 11th straight year.
- December set a monthly record at 8.7 million and the fourth quarter reached 25.1 million; full‑year operations totaled 454,800 flights with an average 214 passengers per flight and a 77.6% seat‑load factor.
- Service metrics held firm at scale: 86.75 million bags were processed with 99.75% accuracy, 89% of arriving bags were delivered within 45 minutes, and passport and security wait times largely met tight thresholds.
- Dubai Airports projects roughly 99.5 million passengers in 2026, citing planning across the oneDXB community and complementary capacity at Dubai World Central–Al Maktoum.
- Cairo International reported weekend peaks with 715 flights carrying over 108,000 passengers on Saturday and 682 flights with over 109,000 on Sunday, as officials highlighted elevated procedures and continuing infrastructure and staffing upgrades.