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Dubai airport 2015 traffic up 10.7 percent, world's largest for int'l passengers

Dubai International Airport remained the world's busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7 percent, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes, the airport's operator said on Feb. 1. 

Annual traffic rose to 78 million passengers from 70.5 million in 2014. In the month of December alone, traffic climbed 8.5 percent to 7.05 million people. 

Turbulence injures multiple Air Canada passengers, diverts flight

Turbulence on an Air Canada  flight from China injured multiple passengers on Dec. 30, forcing it to land in Calgary, Alberta, the airline said.

Twenty-one passengers were transferred to hospitals from the airport - eight with non-life-threatening injuries and 13 sent for observation, it said in a statement.