Dubai Airports in 2026: 31.5m passengers in H1 (down 31%), 6.3m in July and a 70m target
Editorial
Dubai International handled 31.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026, down 31.3%, and July traffic of 6.3 million suggests the recovery is…
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Omar Binadai is chief technology and infrastructure officer of Dubai Airports. He began his career in 1994 as a communications engineer and later worked on the Phase 2 and Phase 3 expansions of Dubai International (DXB). He holds a Bachelor of Science in electronics from Boston University and took part in the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Programme in 2007. He also holds crisis management qualifications from the Harvard Kennedy School and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His net worth was not found.
Editorial
Dubai International handled 31.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026, down 31.3%, and July traffic of 6.3 million suggests the recovery is…