Exclusive: Dubai Airports Q1 numbers. And airspace is back!

About this episode

Paul Griffiths discusses Dubai Airports' Q1 earnings and the implications of the full resumption of UAE airspace.

04 May 2026. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, releases the Q1 earnings exclusively on The Business Breakfast. 18.6 million guests, 32,000 aircraft movements and 213,000 tonnes of cargo kept moving through the most constrained period DXB has ever faced. IATA’s Kashif Khalid on what the full resumption of UAE airspace actually means on the ground. Plus JA Resorts on hotels gearing up for summer, GEMS Founders School on the new academic year and Paradigm Holdings on gold as a strategic asset right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Paul Griffiths, Kashif Khalid

Topics covered

• Dubai Airports Q1 earnings
• UAE airspace resumption
• summer hotel preparations
• new academic year
• gold as a strategic asset

Keywords

• Dubai Airports
• Q1 earnings
• airspace resumption
• summer hotels
• GEMS Founders School
• gold investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dubai Airports, IATA, JA Resorts, GEMS Founders School, Paradigm Holdings

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