Queen Alia shows impressive growth over the summer
Final numbers are in for August 2017
- Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) ended the
summer of 2017 with 5,416,916 passengers having
passed through its halls from the beginning of the
year until the end of August. 938,427 passengers
were registered for the month of August alone,
indicating a 13.0% increase in passenger traffic
(PAX) from the same month last year. - Moreover, August aircraft movements (ACM)
totaled 7,633 while cargo came in at 10,041 tons,
signifying 8.6% and 17.6% increases respectively.
As for year-to-date (YTD) figures, ACM stood at
50,843 movements with a 1.7% increase while
cargo amounted to 71,053 tons with a 4.2% rise
compared with the same period of last year.