{"id":6090,"date":"2026-08-26T23:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6090"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:42:18","slug":"dubai-airport-traffic-plunged-31-as-the-iran-war-sent-travelers-looking-for-routes-outside-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6090","title":{"rendered":"Dubai airport traffic plunged 31% as the Iran war sent travelers looking for routes outside the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The airport recorded 13 million passengers during the second quarter, following 31.5 million passengers in the first half. That was a 31.3% drop over passenger traffic in the first half of 2025, the airport said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6088\">U.S. economy grows at sluggish 1.5% pace in second quarter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air traffic in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the Gulf region was disrupted by shutdowns and restrictions after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The Dubai airport itself suffered minor damage in attacks from Iran.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aircraft movements totaled 150,600 in the first half, down 32.1% year on year, with only 62,500 in the second quarter, the airport said.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Paul Griffiths noted, however, there has been a steady increase in passenger volume each month in the second quarter, and said the momentum is expected to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6086\">Why Wall Street sees a $39,800 pancreatic cancer pill as proof of a much bigger bet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe events of the disruption, which lasted two months, that had an impact on traffic,\u201d Griffiths told The Associated Press. \u201cHowever, the trajectory now is universally positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said the airport was waiting for overseas airlines, particularly from Europe, to restart operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very confident we\u2019ll be back to full operation in a very short space of time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6084\">Dolly Parton once gave $1 million to help develop the Moderna COVID vaccine at Vanderbilt: \u2018I\u2019m kind of addicted to the feeling of giving\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai International Airport saw passenger traffic fall sharply as the Iran war disrupted flights across the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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