Wednesday April 20th, 2016

Sharjah, UAE – 22 April, 2016: Sharjah International Airport saw more than 12 per cent increase in passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2016 marking its busiest three months ever.A total of 2.69 million passengers traveled through the airport from January to March 2016 compared to 2.39 million in the same period last year. The aircraft movements registered in the first quarter of this year reached 18,054 movements an increase by 7 percent compared by 16,865 in the same period last year. The freight handled for the same period of this year recorded 44,758 tons, and the Sea-Air Cargo recorded 2,907 tons.H.E. Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority stated: “The positive performance in passenger traffic this period reflects the attractiveness of the Emirate as a business and tourism destination with more passengers choosing Sharjah International Airport as their gateway to the rest of the region and other destinations.”He added:” The quarter ended on a particularly high note, giving us a taste of the busy summer months ahead. Some markets registered varying degrees of growth due to the introduction of new routes, increased flight frequency, and a consequent growth of seat capacity”.Sheikh Faisal Bin Saoud AlQassimi, Director of Sharjah Airport Authority expressed his appreciation to the various contribution of the staff of Sharjah Airport Authority, Department of Civil Aviation and government entities operating within the airport (Sharjah Police, Sharjah Immigration, Sharjah Customs, among others) in achieving these results, and to meet the highest standards of quality which make the customers come back for more.It is worth to mention that the month of January was the busiest month with 929,539 passenger movements, March registered 926,7 38thousand and February 830,890.