Dubai Airport stays ahead of Singapore Changi in May-2010; Dubai World Central opens

Dubai Airport may have steamed ahead of Singapore Changi Airport in the hub stakes during the global financial crisis, but Changi made up some ground in May-2010. The outlook, however, is for Dubai to continue to press home its ascendency, as the forecast for summer and beyond is very buoyant on the back of significant capacity expansion by airlines. Changi Airport, meanwhile, is anchored by Singapore Airlines' capacity restraint (growing its ASKs by just 2% in 2010/11), although the Southeast Asian hub is seeing some strong growth by other full-service airlines and LCCs. [1287 words]

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This report contains the following subheadings:

• Emirates will face government 'reluctance to grant traffic rights', says KLM
• Al-Maktoum Airport opens

This report contains the following charts and tables:

• Dubai Airport pax numbers and pax numbers growth: May-2009 to May-2010
• Dubai Airport pax numbers vs Changi Airport pax numbers: May-2009 to May-2010
• Dubai Airport pax numbers growth vs Changi Airport pax numbers growth: May-2009 to May-2010