Dubai International Airport, busiest for world travel, sees record 92.3 million passengers in 2024
Thursday, 30 January 2025 () Officials say Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, saw a record 92.3 million passengers pass through its terminals in 2024. The result cements Dubai’s bounce-back from the coronavirus pandemic that halted global air travel five years ago, when its main airport, known as DXB, was shuttered for a short time. Today, the airport feels like it is bursting at the seams with aircraft movements and crowds moving through its cavernous terminals as authorities plan to move operations in 10 years to the city-state’s second airport after a nearly $35 billion upgrade.
A South Korean passenger plane with 176 people on board caught fire before takeoff at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. The Air Busan flight, bound for Hong Kong, experienced a fire in the tail section, prompting an emergency evacuation of all passengers and crew members. The...
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is closed until at least 11 a.m. ET Thursday after a tragic mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The..
A tragic mid-air collision occurred between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, DC. The American Airlines jet, carrying 60 people, was cleared for a shorter runway at Reagan..
A devastating crash near Washington D.C. claimed the lives of at least 60 people after a PSA Airlines flight 5342, a CRJ-700, collided with a U.S. Army Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk helicopter near Reagan..