Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport - is world's 3rd busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic and 1st busiest in terms of international passenger traffic. In 2015, the airport served 78,48 million passengers, a 10.7% growth from last year. Dubai Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world in terms of passenger and aircraft traffic - the number of passengers served in 2015 had grown by 330% to the number of passengers served in 2005. If the traffic continues to grow the same pace, Dubai Airport will become the busiest in the world in just 4 to 6 years.
IATA/ICAO code: DXB/OMDB
Main carriers from Dubai: Emirates, Flydubai
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 was opened in April 2000, and at first had 69 gates (in Concourse C). Before Concourse D opened, All Terminal 1 Flights departed from Concourse C. Since Spring 2016, all flights from T1 depart from Concourse D, which has 19 aircraft stands and a capacity of 18 million people per year. Even though the capacity is quite lower than for the previously-operated Concourse C, Concourse D is more modern and highly-developed. All airlines except Emirates, Qantas, Flydubai, low cost carriers, and some Iranian airlines operate out of Terminal 1.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 opened in May 1998. It is truly a low-cost terminal at Dubai Airport, and its main carrier is FlyDubai. Besides low-cost carriers, there are many Iranian and some other airlines operating from T2. There are 37 aircraft stands for Terminal 2, however there are no jet bridges in this terminal at all.
Terminal 3
Terminal 3 opened in October 2008 and is the world's largest airport terminal. Before, Terminal 3 was used exclusively by Emirates, but now Terminal 3 is used by Qantas and Emirates. It is a terminal connected to Satellites A and B. Satellite A is suitable only for Airbus A380 flights. In total, Terminal 3 has 99 aircraft stands.
Statistics
Here is a bar chart which shows the number of passengers passed through Dubai International Airport between 2011 and 2015 :
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