Airport International Group (AIG)’s Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) recorded positive results for traffic growth in March 2013.
As per the results, passenger traffic is up by over 8.6% as the new airport reached 549,861 passengers in March 2013 compared to the 506,189 passengers achieved in March 2012, bringing the year-to-date (YTD) passenger rate up by around 5.6% from 1,395,008 passengers in 2012 to 1,472,524 passengers this year. In turn, aircraft movement (ACM) witnessed an approximate 2.7% increase when traffic rose from 5,545 ACM in March 2012 to 5,692 ACM in March 2013, pushing YTD ACM up by almost 3.6%.