CEO of Dubai airport offers to help Trump, US improve hubs
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DUBAI- Dubai International Airport would welcome a call from the Trump administration on ways to improve American airports, the CEO of the Mideast hub said on Tuesday as it retained the title of the world's busiest for international travel.
Paul Griffiths said the Dubai airport, the home of long-haul carrier Emirates and often lauded by U.S. President Donald Trump during his campaign, saw 83.6 million passengers in 2016.
The figure fell short of Griffiths' earlier estimates of 85 million passengers for 2016 -- something he blamed on the economic, political and terror-related turmoil of the past year.
"We know that the global economy has slowed a little bit and the propensity for travel has dropped, but I think that 2016 was quite an unparalleled year," Griffiths told The Associated Press. "Fortunately, our numbers are still holding up."
