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Abu Dhabi International Airport year-to-date passenger traffic up 34.3% in August
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) reported a 22.9 per cent year-on-year jump in passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi International Airport for the month of August.
- Staff Report
- Published: 15:29 September 23, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) reported a 22.9 per cent year-on-year jump in passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi International Airport for the month of August.
A total of 869,868 passengers used the airport during the month, compared to 707,671 last year, with the year-to-date figures reaching 5,962,175 up 34.3 per cent against last year's 4,439,610 over the same period.
Passengers to and from other Gulf States rose particularly strongly, with Bahrain traffic up 44.4 per cent, Oman up 33.1 per cent, Qatar up 35.2 per cent and Saudi Arabia the largest Gulf market for the airport up 18.3 per cent.
The UK saw a strong jump in traffic, up 30.5 per cent, helped by an ADAC advertising campaign celebrating the connections from the airport to Heathrow and other UK destinations.
Other strong performers included the Philippines, up 74.1 per cent, and India, up 31.3 per cent.
The Philippines figures were boosted by the frequency increase of Etihad flights from four per week in August 2007 to one flight a day since October 2007.
The month also saw the first flights by Pakistani airline Air Blue, adding to and supporting the country's position as the second-largest market to and from Abu Dhabi.
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