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Whopping rise in Indian passengers using Abu Dhabi Airport

Over one million Indian passengers used Abu Dhabi International Airport for their travels, in the first quarter of the year, showing a whopping growth of 26.9 per cent.
Delhi was one of the top five destinations in terms of passenger traffic that used the Abu Dhabi International Airport for their travels. Others destinations that saw strong traffic numbers included Bangkok, London Heathrow, Jeddah and Doha.
Abu Dhabi Airports on Tuesday reported a 9.5 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic during quarter ended March 31 2016. Between January and March, over 6.044,025 million passengers traveled through Abu Dhabi when compared with 5.521,110 million during the same period last year.
Italy saw a huge increase in traffic with figures up 62.3 per cent on the same period last year, making it the 10th busiest country route in during the period.
The number of passengers traveling through Abu Dhabi in March 2016 jumped to over two million passengers, reaching 2.025,842 million up 5.6 per cent from 1.917,939 in March 2015. Aircraft movements grew 1.5 per cent to 42,204 year-on-year.
Commenting on the traffic report, 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 traveled through Abu Dhabi International Airport during the first quarter of the year."
The traffic rose over the first three months of 2016 between the UK, Thailand, the USA and several other countries, he said.
"With the launch of the Smart Travel initiative last month that allows passengers to check-in and move through immigration and security interacting only with cutting edge technology, we are ensuring that the growing number of passengers using Abu Dhabi International Airport spend less time in queues and more time enjoying our airport's world-class facilities," the COO said.
- haseeb@khaleejtimes.com