(MENAFN) Dubai International's passenger traffic fell by nearly three percent in July but remained above the five million mark for the 19th consecutive month, Arabian Business reported.
The passenger numbers slipped 2.9 percent to 5,155,771, compared to 5,310,361 passengers in July last year.
The drop was mainly attributed to the airport being reduced to single runway for a period of 80 days from May 1 as the airport's two runways were consecutively refurbished and upgraded, both runways were reopened on July 21.
However, passenger numbers rose to nearly 40 million in the first seven months of the year, climbing 4.9 percent to 39,831,861, compared to 37,972,464 passengers registered in the same period last year.
In July, cargo volumes reached 184,720 tons, down 10.7 percent from the 206,945 tons received in the same month in 2013, while the January-July cargo volumes reached 1,367,967 tons, down 3.1 percent from 1,411,896 tons recorded in the first seven months of 2013.
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