Abu Dhabi International Airport has reported a 9.5 percent increase in passenger traffic during the first quarter of 2016 compared to the year-earlier period, according to its operator.
Abu Dhabi Airports said in a statement that between January and March this year, 6,044,025 passengers travelled through the airport, compared to 5,521,110 during the same period last year.
It added that aircraft movements rose to 42,204, representing 1.5 percent growth on the 41,585 movements recorded in Q1 2015.
The top five destinations for Q1 were Bangkok, London Heathrow, Jeddah, Doha and Delhi.
India continued to top the charts in terms of country routes, with the highest passenger traffic figures of 1,082,527, up 26.9 percent compared to Q1 2015.
Italy saw a huge increase in traffic with figures up 62.3 percent on the same period last year, making it the 10th busiest country route in Q1.
The number of passengers travelling through the airport in March jumped to over two million passengers, reaching 2,025,842, up 5.6 percent from 1,917,939 in March 2015.
Ahmad Al Haddabi, chief operations officer at Abu Dhabi Airports, said: “Abu Dhabi is an important global transportation hub and this is reflected by the fact that more than six million passengers travelled through Abu Dhabi International Airport during the first quarter of the year.
“Traffic rose over the first three months of 2016 between the UK, Thailand, the US and several other countries.”
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