Sharjah Airport handled
more than two million people in the first nine months of the year and broke
records in the number of passengers travelling from the airport, aircraft
movements, cargo and shipping handling. The latest statistics issued by the
airport indicate that passenger movement is up by 37.21 per cent in the first
nine months of 2006, compared with the same period of 2005.
The airport handled 2.23 million passengers in the first nine
months of the year, compared to 1.63 million in the first nine months of 2005.
The growth can be attributed to Sharjah-based budget carrier Air
Arabia, which recently celebrated its third anniversary and has plans to
increase its regional network.
The number of flights during the period rose by 14 per cent,
rising from 27,904 flights during January to September 2005 to 31,815 flights
during January to September 2006. The volume of cargo and shipping handling
during the first
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nine months of the current year reached 411,697 tonnes.
Statistics indicate that the number of passengers traveling
through the airport has increased by 37.21 per cent over the same period, due
to the surge in the numbers of transferred passengers which recorded a growth
of 164.2 per cent with the number of transferred passengers increasing from
37,771 passengers during January to September 2005 to 99,806 passengers during
January to September 2006.
Aircraft movements over the past nine months of 2006 increased
by 14 per cent. Aircraft movements registered a 20.2 per cent to rise
from 19,905 flights during January to September 2005 to 23,919 flights during
January to September 2006.
The number of non-scheduled flights reached 7,896 January to
September 2006.
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