Emirates Keeps Profiting from Dubai’s Hub Power
Situated at the axis of the world’s fastest growing population centers, Dubai International Airport allows Emirates Airline to connect virtually any two points on the globe. (Photo: Dubai International Airport)
Situated at the axis of the world’s fastest growing population centers, Dubai International Airport allows Emirates Airline to connect virtually any two points on the globe. (Photo: Dubai International Airport)

Dubai’s importance as a hub for carrier Emirates Airline continues to increase, along with its proportion of connections to total traffic. Connecting passengers now account for 70 percent of all traffic into and out of Dubai, Emirates reported last month. For example, on September 5, the airline’s Dubai-Glasgow flight, EK27, attracted passengers from 39 points on the globe, from Accra and Cape Town in Africa, Christchurch in New Zealand, and Tokyo and Seoul in Asia. Every time Emirates adds a destination, the power of the hub grows almost exponentially, and the airline plans to serve 114 destinations by the end of 2012. By 2020 it hopes to serve 150.