Kuwait International Airport has reported an 11 percent increase in passenger traffic and a 27 percent increase in aircraft traffic in October compared to the same month in the previous year, reported Al-Qabas Daily.<\/p>\n
According to Imad Al-Jalawi, the Acting Director General of the Department, air cargo traffic also increased by 10 percent during the period. Last October, the airport recorded a total of 447,013 arriving passengers and 566,492 departing passengers, while transit passenger numbers surged by 38 percent to 186,359.<\/p>\n
This brought the total passenger movement to and from Kuwait International Airport to 1,013,505 in October. In terms of flight movements, the airport operated a total of 11,169 flights during the month, up from 8,807 in the same period in the previous year.<\/p>\n
Al-Jalawi also revealed that the airport recorded a total of 19.4 million kilograms of freight movement in October, with incoming freight movement reaching about 15.2 million kilograms and outgoing freight movement amounting to about 4.1 million kilograms.<\/p>\n
Dubai, Cairo, Jeddah, Istanbul, Sabiha, and Doha were the most popular destinations during the period. The General Administration of Civil Aviation released the figures on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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