Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel

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Dubai International Airport has seen a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its cavernous terminals in the first half of this year.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Meanwhile, a real-estate boom and its highest-ever tourism numbers have made the city-state in the United Arab Emirates no longer just a layover but a destination for even more travelers.

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VERBATIM: That puts the world’s busiest airport for international travel back on track to beat its all-time record as aviation booms after the coronavirus pandemic. The results follow a record-breaking annual profit for the long-haul carrier Emirates that calls the airport known as DXB home. They come as Dubai plans to move operations to a planned nearly $35 billion airfield in the next decade.