QCAA reveals 10% increase in air travellers in July
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar continues to experience a positive trajectory of growth in its aviation industry with its growing number of travellers to the country....
Doha: Qatar continues to experience a positive trajectory of growth in its aviation industry with its growing number of travellers to the country.
In its latest Preliminary Air Transport Statistics, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority highlighted that the number of air passengers in July 2024 totalled 4.7 million, a significant increase of 10 percent as compared to 4.3 million travellers registered during the same period last year.
The data also showed that flight movements continued to surge by 7 percent during the month, as Qatar registered 24,179 flight movements as compared to 22,598 in July 2023. On its social media platform, QCAA stated that air cargo and mail also recorded an increase of 13.9 percent in July 2024 carrying 222,415 tonnes as compared to 195,244 tonnes in July 2023.
During the same month, Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) announced that the country experienced its “busiest month” in its operations, by witnessing 4.73 million passengers.
Officials noted that the remarkable achievement placed the airport as a key global aviation space by highlighting the surge in flight frequencies by the airport’s airline partners due to the rise in demand for summer.
