Airport Arrivals Increased by 8.21% by October 2016

The Rafic Hariri International Airport activity rose during the first 10 months of 2016, where the total number of passengers increased by a yearly 7.15% to 6.56M.

The number of arrivals to Lebanon went up by 8.21% y-o-y to 3.22M by October 2016. Also, this period witnessed a 6.70% yearly increase in departures, which reached 3.33M by October 2016, compared to 3.12M by October 2015. As for the number of transit passengers, it was slashed by half where the number fell from 28,102 passengers by October 2015 to 12,755 passengers during the same period in 2016.

As for the month of October alone, the total number of airport passengers decreased 3.74% yearly to reach 554,122. Arrivals fell by 2.62% y-o-y to 257,980, and departures declined 2.66% y-o-y amounting to 295,592. Transit travelers tremendously fell from 7,041 last year to 341 in October 2016.

Total Number of Passengers by October (in M)

Airport Arrivals Increased by 8.21% by October 2016

Source: Rafic Hariri International Airport

 

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