DUBAI — The head of Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest, said on Tuesday he expects more countries to soon start ending rules for vaccinated passengers to be tested for COVID-19. Dubai airport is forecasting passenger traffic to more than double this year to 57 million from 29.1 million in 2021. That is still far below the 86.4 million passengers the airport handled in 2019, the year before the pandemic struck. Al Maktoum will handle some passenger flights that typically operate from Dubai International during refurbishment works at the main hub that will close one of its two runways for 45 days. ADVERTISEMENTAirlines that operated out of the second airport before the pandemic will continue to operate flights there after the 45 days, Griffiths said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 22, 2022 22:23 UTC