Hamad International Airport (HIA) recorded a 149% increase in passenger numbers, year-on-year in June, reaching 3,106,063 last month, according to Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA).
In June last year, HIA had registered 1,245,766 passengers, QCAA said in its latest air transport statistics for June.
It showed that the movement of aircraft in June increased by 39.3% year-on-year to 18,155 compared to 13,031 in the same period last year.
However, air freight and mail declined by 9.4% year-on-year last month – to 196,724 tonnes from 217,212 tonnes in the same period last year.
As preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 are underway in Qatar, a wave of upcoming events, new hotels, leisure centres and beaches are set to open in the country – promising hundreds of thousands of tourists and new visitors to come into the country via Hamad International Airport.
The airport’s expansion, currently in Phase A, is set to increase the capacity to more than 58mn passengers annually by this year and Phase B, which will commence after the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, will increase the capacity to more than 60mn passengers.
Recently, Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been ranked and named the “Best Airport in the World” for the second year in a row by the prestigious SKYTRAX World Airport Awards 2022 at the global event Passenger Terminal Expo in Paris, France.
The rankings were based on voting submitted by air travellers and passenger satisfaction across 39 key performance indicators for airport services and products including check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security, immigration, and departure.
HIA was announced the #1 airport amongst 550 other global airports.
