Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport welcomes over 5.8m passengers during Jan-Sep 2022

Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman has welcomed 5,835,186 passengers during the first nine months of 2022.

The passenger figures registered a 89.6 per cent increase and a 15.6 per cent decline against 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively.

مطار الملكة علياء الدولي يستقبل أكثر من5.8 مليون مسافر لغاية شهر أيلول 2022.

Queen Alia International Airport Welcomes Over 5.8 Million Passengers until September 2022. pic.twitter.com/yYXJmuHjwt

— QAIAirport (@QAIAirport) October 13, 2022

Meanwhile, QAIA received 51,463 aircraft movements (ACM), 63.2 per cent more and 16 per cent less than the figures recorded during the same periods in 2021 and 2019, respectively.

The airport handled 45,935 tons of cargo figures from the beginning of the year until September, marking a 9.7 per cent rise and 39.7 per cent drop compared with 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively.

During the month of September, 696,096 passengers traveled through QAIA, up 24.8 per cent and down 7.4 per cent against 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively. Additionally, the airport witnessed 5,614 aircraft movements, indicating a 6.6 per cent growth and 17.1 per cent drop compared to 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively. QAIA also handled 5,557 tons of cargo during the month.

“We are continuing to build on our close collaborations with various stakeholders to grow our airline and destination networks, as demonstrated in September by the arrival of the first direct Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, which expanded our reach into the African continent, which further diversified the travel options available to our passengers via Jordan’s prime gateway to the world,” said Airport International group CEO, Nicolas Claude.

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