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Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) handled in excess of 2 million passengers in the month of April this year, representing a 5.6% increase in airport traffic compared with April of 2016, which reached 1.9 million.
Key highlights:
• Total arrivals: 1,050,520 up by 6.6%, total departures: 1,019,835 up by 5.8%, and total transfer passengers: 1,311,262 up by 6.1%.
• Traffic to India, one of the airport’s main traffic drivers representing 18% of the total passengers this month, has shown an increase of 1.9% in April this year compared to April 2016.
• Saudi Arabia has become the number 2 destination, growing sharply by 17.4%, affected by the significant increase in traffic to Riyadh and Jeddah during the Umrah season.
• UK was the third most popular destination, growing by 12% this month compared to same month last year.
• The number of passengers traveling to Australia grew significantly, increasing by 28% thanks to Eithad’s double daily flight to Sydney.
• The top 5 destinations were: London growing sharply by 16%, followed by Bangkok, which increased by 11%, then Doha growing by 4%, followed by Jeddah, which grew by 12%, followed by Bombay growing by 4%.
• The top 5 destinations recorded total passenger of 366,076 representing 18% of the airport total passengers.
April Traffic Summary:
Traffic
April
Jan-April
Total passengers
This Year
Last Year
Var %
This Year
Last Year
Var %
2,070,764
1,960,946
5.6%
8,223,547
8,004,971
2.7%
Aircraft Movements
13,546
14,074
-3,8%
55,634
56,278
-1,1%
Cargo (metric Tons)
54,382
63,500
-14.4%
243,722
254,907
-4.4%
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