Saudi Arabia’s Dammam Airports Company has reported a surge in air traffic at King Fahd International Airport during the second half of 2024.
Statistics concerning the number of passengers show that 12m passengers used King Fahd International Airport from January to mid-December 2024, setting a new record and marking a 15 per cent growth compared to the same period in 2023.
Regarding the volume of flights, the airport marked a new high with over 99,000 flights from January to mid-December 2024, a 5 per cent increase over the same period in 2023.
King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia
Moreover, the airport set new daily records for numbers of passengers, surpassing 50,000 passengers in a single day, a new peak for daily passenger traffic since it started operations.
On June 13, 2024, the airport reached a record daily air traffic volume, with 374 flights operated on the day.