Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s airports record a rise in a number of passengers and flights in 2015 with 81.9 million passengers, an increase of 9.5 per cent, and 646,693 flights, an increase of 9.8 per cent, in comparison with 74.8 million passengers and 589,216 flights in 2014.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) disclosed that the number of passengers at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah reached 30.1 million, with 212,799 flights. Meanwhile, King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh had 22.5 million passengers and 172,754 flights. The GACA added that 9.4 million passengers and 84,803 flights were registered at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and 6.3 million passengers and 48,296 flights at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz Airport in Madinah.
