The airport handled a total of 590,000 passengers in November 2007, a 42 per cent rise over the 416,000 passengers seen in November 2006. The number of aircraft movements increased 14% during the same period, rising from 6,449 to 7,358.
For the year to date (YTD Jan-November) the number of passengers increased by 30 per cent achieving the milestone of more than 6 million. Aircraft movement showed an uptrend of 8 per cent, having registered a total of 74,476 movements, compared to 68,920 in the same period last year.
Cargo volume increased to 27,137 tons in November 2007 from 23,454 tons last year, a growth of 16%.
The month saw the launch of operations of Sama, the Saudi-based budget carrier, which began an international charter service with 6 days a week flights from Riyadh and Dammam.
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Abu Dhabi International Airport registers significant growth in November 07
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, December 27 - 2007 at 13:17
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Abu Dhabi International Airport continued to register strong traffic performance. Traffic results for November showed a 42% growth in total passengers and a 14% rise in aircraft movements, compared to November 2006.
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