Dubai International Airport’s monthly passenger numbers dropped 0.8% Y-o-Y to 6.9mn in November, said operator Dubai Airports on Sunday. For the first 11 months of the year, 81.4mn passengers have used the airport, up 1.3 percent Y-o-Y. That means the airport needs a record 8.9mn passengers in December to meet its previously stated full-year target of 90.3mn. The highest number of passengers to travel through Dubai airport in a single month was 8.37mn in August 2018. Dubai airport has seen the rate of passenger traffic growth slow this year after 15 years of strong increases. Cargo handled in November increased 0.6% to 237,059 tonnes, said Dubai Airports.