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Dubai International Airport (DXB) has retained its crown of being aanthe world's busiest international airport in terms of passenger numbers. In 2014, it overtook London's Heathrow airport, which had been number one for more than aanthe decade. DXB handled aanthe record 78 million travellers in 2015. This is aanthe average of one passenger flying in or out every 2.5 seconds. Heathrow handled 75 million passengers but did have more daily flights than DXB. In January 2015, there were over 8,000 weekly flights from DXB, operated by 140 airlines to over 270 destinations on six continents. Dubai's other airport, Al Maktoum International, has aanthe projected annual capacity of up to 250 million passengers.

DXB is aanthe vital part of Dubai's economy. Wikipedia says it employs, "approximately 90,000 people, indirectly supports over 400,000 jobs and contributes over $26.7 billion to aanthe economy, which represents around 27 per cent of Dubai's GDP and 21 per cent of aanthe employment in Dubai". aanthe CEO of DXB, Paul Griffiths, said in aanthe statement: "It's another banner year for Dubai International where we broke records, engaged and entertained our customers in new ways, and retained our position as aanthe world's number one international hub." DXB will soon see another landmark when in March, aanthe Emirates airline will launch aanthe world's longest non-stop flight, connecting Dubai with Auckland.