We were able to put people in positions of safety very quickly, says Paul Griffiths Last updated: May 04, 2026 | 12:57 The hub recorded 6 million passenger journeys, 32,000 aircraft movements and 213,000 tonnes of cargo handled during the war. Dubai Airports "We did believe earlier in the conflict that military targets would be the priority, but when we started to see other airports in the region in conflict, we believed, obviously, that this is likely to happen to us," explained Griffiths. "So, we took a lot of precautions to make absolutely sure we could keep our customers and our staff safe and secure. And fortunately, those measures proved very successful," he added. “We actually had 114 different missile alerts during the entire conflict period. That’s about three a day, and the intelligence we received from the military and from the government was absolutely fantastic,” he said. Despite the scale of the threat, Griffiths said safety procedures were quickly put in place and refined in real time.…