Dubai International (DXB) has retained its position as the world's busiest airport for international customer numbers for the fifth consecutive year, with annual traffic for 2018 surpassing 89.1 million, Khaleej Times reported.
The airport has also enjoyed a banner year for customer service with shorter wait times and new retail and food and beverage offerings.
India continued to hold on to its position as DXB's top destination country by passenger numbers, with traffic for the year reaching 12,279,485 - propelled mainly by top city destinations Mumbai, Delhi and Cochin.
Saudi Arabia was number two on the list with 6,471,142 customers, followed closely by the United Kingdom with 6,284,771 customers.
Other destination countries of note include the US (3,205,524 customers) and the fast-growing markets of China (3,512,075) with six per cent growth and Russia (1,533,654) which grew by 14.5pc.
The top three cities were London (3,817,889 customers), Mumbai (2,540,750) and Kuwait (2,194,576).
Eastern Europe was the fastest growing region with double-digit growth of 16.7pc, followed by CIS at 12.9pc and Africa growing at 9.8pc.