AMMAN (JT) Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) reported a record number of passengers in 2010, an increase of 13.7 per cent over 2009.
Airport International Group (AIG) said in a statement that over 5.4 million passengers travelled through the airport last year compared to 4.77 million in 2009, which according to the company that is responsible for the rehabilitation, expansion and operation of QAIA, the figure was the highest in the airport?s history.
Aircraft movements in 2010 also saw a strong growth, closing the year at 62,900 aircraft, 8.8 per cent higher than the 57,800 registered in 2009, said the statement.
As for cargo, 2010 registered 90, 200 tonnes, an 11.8 per cent increase over 2009.
?QAIA now ranks as one of the fastest growing airports in the region in terms of passengers volumes, as well as flight activity,? Curtis Grad, AIG?s chief executive officer, said.
QAIA has received a large number of new carriers, routes and additional flight frequencies over the last three years from a broad range of scheduled air carriers including new services by Royal Jordanian, Delta, Air Arabia, Austrian, Alitalia, Vueling, FlyDubai, airBaltic, Iberia and Tarom Romanian, in addition to new charter services, he said.
The $750 million rehabilitation and expansion work at QAIA are still under way, including the construction of a 100,000-square-metre passenger terminal.
AIG is a Jordanian company with private shareholding by Invest AD (Abu Dhabi, UAE), Noor Financial Investment Company (Kuwait), Edgo Group (Jordan), Joannou&Paraskevaides (Overseas) Limited (Cyprus), J&P-Avax (Greece) and A?roports de Paris Management (France).
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