Dubai Airports plans to replace the Dubai International (DXB) with an even bigger one

As passenger demand continues to expand at an exponential rate, Dubai Airports wants to replace the busiest airport in the world, Dubai International (DXB), with an even larger one, its chief executive officer Paul Griffiths announced on Wednesday during the current Dubai Airshow 2023. This is in line with Dubai Airports' projection that DXB will see 86.8 million passengers year, exceeding 2019 estimates as record-breaking numbers were anticipated to persist into the last quarter of 2023.

The DXB can now handle 100 million passengers annually, but with the help of new technology, renovations, and more effective use of available space and resources, it may be able to handle 120 million.

Over the following three months, Griffiths stated, they will be working on the design components of the mega-airport.

The largest hub in the world, DXB, saw 22.9 million passengers in the third quarter, the most since 2019. This brought the overall year-to-date traffic for the first nine months of the year to 64.5 million passengers. This is a 1.0% increase over 2019 and a 39.3% increase over the same time in 2022.