The activity at the Rafic Hariri International Airport improved slightly by May 2017, as the total number of passengers increased by an annual 1.36% to 2.84M.
The number of arrivals to Lebanon registered a yearly 4.56% uptick to stand at 1.417M by May 2017. Nevertheless, departures contracted by 1.01% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach 1.422M in the same period. As for the number of transit passengers through Beirut’s airport, they fell from 11,109 passengers by May 2016 to 1,841 passengers by May 2017.
Total number of passengers by May (in Millions)
Source: Rafic Hariri International Airport