6.15 Million Passengers used Abu Dhabi International Airport in the First Quarter of the Year
24 Apr 2017
, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) handled in excess of 6.15 million passengers in the first quarter of 2017, representing a 1.8% increase in airport traffic compared with the January-March period of 2016, which reached 6.04 million.
Key highlights:
· The top five destinations from AUH during the first quarter of 2017 were: London, Bangkok, Bombay, Doha, and Jeddah recording collectively 17.3% of the passenger traffic for the January-March (Q1) period.
· Transit/transfer traffic grew by 2.1% in the first quarter and reached 65.8% of the total traffic at AUH, whereas the origin & destination (O&D) traffic registered 34.2% of the total airport traffic in Q1 and grew by 1.2% during this period compared with the first quarter of 2016.
· Traffic at Terminal 3 grew by 28.2% in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year, with Etihad Airways accumulating 76.9% of the total airport traffic.
· Total passenger traffic in March 2017 reached 2,032,642, a 0.3% increase over March 2016 traffic numbers of 2,025,842.
Q1 Traffic Summary:
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Traffic
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March
|
Q1 (Jan-March)
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Total passengers
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This Year
|
Last Year
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Var %
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This Year
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Last Year
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Var %
|
|
2,032,642
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2,025,842
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0.3%
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6,152,783
|
6,044,025
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1.8%
|
|
Aircraft Movements
|
14,264
|
14,383
|
-0.8%
|
42,088
|
42,204
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-0.3%
|
|
Cargo (metric Tons)
|
67,668
|
67,364
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0.5%
|
189,340
|
191,407
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-1.1%
|
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