DUBAI: Dubai Worldwide Airport (DXB) dealt with 3.2 million passengers travelling from Pakistan within the first 9 months of 2025, making the nation fourth-largest market, Dubai Airports stated on Wednesday.
The operator famous that tens of millions of Pakistanis proceed to depend on DXB for tourism, enterprise journeys, household visits, employment alternatives and onward connections to Europe, the Center East and North America.
Pakistan stays one of many UAE’s key companions for tourism and labour mobility, with steady journey demand all year long.
Dubai airport recorded the best quarterly visitors in its 65-year historical past, welcoming 24.2 million passengers between July and September — a 1.9% improve year-on-year.
Whole visitors from January to September reached 70.1 million, up 2.1% from final yr. Whereas Dubai Airports stated its 12-month rolling visitors hit 93.8 million passengers by the top of September, the best ever.
India remained DXB’s high market with 8.8 million passengers, adopted by Saudi Arabia (5.5 million) and the UK (4.6 million).
Pakistan ranked fourth, forward of the USA.
Dubai Airports stated operational efficiency remained robust, with practically all passengers clearing border and safety checks inside minutes.
Dubai Airports stated 99.6% of departing passengers cleared passport management inside 10 minutes, whereas 99.8% of arrivals waited lower than quarter-hour.
Plane actions stayed robust, with 115,000 flights within the third quarter and 336,000 flights within the first 9 months.
Dubai can also be upgrading services at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 to deal with rising demand, particularly from South Asian travellers, who type a key a part of Dubai’s customer base.
