Al Bateen Executive Airport witnesses 30% increase
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Al Bateen Executive Airport recently announced its traffic performance for H1 of 2012. The report revealed a 30% increase in visiting aircraft movements to the executive airport over the period between January and June 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, registering a total of 1,100 visiting flights during those six months. The airport also registered an increase in traffic with a 10% increase in overall commercial traffic in the first half of 2012, handling over 5,000 based operators and visiting aircraft movements.
Yousif Al Hammadi, Deputy General Manager at Al Bateen Executive Airport, said, “Al Bateen is again seeing double digit growth of business jet movements, especially from visiting international aircraft that have not used the airport before.”
Al Bateen Executive Airport continues to develop and expand its services and has recently revamped the uniforms for the DhabiJet crew, the main food and beverage operator at the executive airport.