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Dubai aims to be top airport by retail sales with help from China travellers

Published Tue, Feb 3, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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DUBAI, fresh from capturing the title of busiest international airport from London Heathrow, has set its sights on becoming the world's top hub by retail sales this year as a flood of Chinese passengers add to a shopping spree.

Spending at Dubai International Airport should reach US$2.1 billion in 2015, up from US$1.9 billion last year, when 80 days of runway repairs cut receipts by about US$50 million, said Colm McLoughlin, vice-chairman of Dubai Duty Free, which runs 26,000 square metres of retail space at the hub.

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