aviation-data-sourceslisted

# Data sourcing and verification — aviation and DXB ## The rule that outranks the rest **Never invent a figure, a source, a URL, a date, or a DOI.** If a number cannot be traced to a real, named, dated source, write `[UNVERIFIED — needs source]` and leave it visible in the draft. A visible gap is a task; a fabricated number in a Turnitin submission is academic misconduct. This applies to passenger counts, capacity figures, market shares, cost estimates, runway counts, distances, dates, and every percentage. It applies equally to "approximately" and "around" — a vague fake is still a fake. ## Source-quality hierarchy Work down. Stop at the highest tier that has the number. 1. **Dubai Airports' own disclosures** — the newsroom, annual traffic releases, the DWC expansion page, Dubai Airports corporate publications. For DXB figures this is the primary source and the brief itself points to it 2. **Peer-reviewed journal articles** — the only tier that satisfies the five-journal requirement 3. **International aviation bodies** — ICAO, IATA, ACI. Official, methodologically documented 4. **UAE government and statutory bodies** — GCAA, Dubai Statistics Centre, UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, Dubai Media Office, Dubai's 2040 Urban Master Plan 5. **Airline disclosures** — Emirates Group annual report, flydubai. Relevant because DXB's traffic is hub-dependent 6. **Consultancy and industry research** — McKinsey, PwC, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, ACI ec