Over 6 million passengers landed at Abu Dhabi Airport in first half of 2022

This photo shows an aerial view of Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Today’s Bay, our reporter

Abu Dhabi is growing in importance in terms of tourism traffic. It has many tourist attractions such as Ferrari World; Louvre Abu Dhabi; the irresistible Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, held at Yas Marina Circuit; Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque… enumerate.

No wonder more than 6 million passengers landed at Abu Dhabi’s five airports in the first half of the year – Abu Dhabi International Airport, Al Ain International Airport, Al Bateen Executive Airport, Del Mar Airport and Sir Baniyas Island Airport. Abu Dhabi Airports, operator of five airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, released its passenger traffic report for the first half of 2022 on Wednesday. 6,299,725 passengers from January 1 to June 30, 2022.

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These airports also recorded 94,538 flights, a clear testament to their operational excellence.

That’s not all: Abu Dhabi International Airport and Al Ain International Airport handled a combined 297,791 tonnes of air cargo between January and June.

The top five countries by AUH passenger traffic in the first half of 2022 are India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Meanwhile, the top five destination airports are London Heathrow, Derry, Mumbai, Cochin and Cairo.

Shareef Hashim Al Hashmi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports, said: “Our passenger traffic results for the first half of the year represent another big step forward for Abu Dhabi Airports and the wider industry. While 2021 has been a successful year , but the goal for 2022 is always to build on this momentum by catering to more travelers and expanding our airline network with our partners, while maintaining the highest levels of service excellence.”