Qatar’s Hamad International Airport Witnesses a 162% Surge in Passengers Served in Q1 2022

Printed on : Monday, Could 9, 2022

Because the official airport associate for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and contender for the SKYTRAX World’s Greatest Airport 2022, Hamad International Airport (HIA) has witnessed a powerful improve in passenger visitors, with a 162 p.c surge in comparison with the identical interval in 2021.

Hamad International Airport served a complete of seven.14 million passengers within the first quarter of 2022, with 2,163,086 passengers in January, 2,168,265 passengers in February and a pair of,812,874 passengers in March 2022. HIA additionally launched three new passenger locations in Q1 2022 to the 153 locations the airport at present serves.

HIA noticed a complete of 48,680 plane actions in Q1 2022, which incorporates plane take-offs and landings. There have been 16,239 plane actions in January, 15,121 actions in February and 17,320 actions in March 2022. This quantities to a 30 p.c improve in comparison with similar interval final yr.

HIA dealt with 585,448 tonnes of cargo in Q1 2022; 190,113 tonnes of cargo was dealt with in January, 179,753 tonnes in February and 215,581 tonnes in March 2022. HIA additionally added two new cargo locations to its community.

In whole, HIA had 36 airline companions throughout Q1 of 2022. The highest 5 busiest departing locations from HIA had been Heathrow, Colombo, Kathmandu, Dubai and Male. The Far East served the very best market-share at 30.93 p.c, adopted by Europe at 25.20 p.c, the Center East at 16.71 p.c, Africa at 12.66 p.c, North America at 11.02 p.c, Australia at 2.23 p.c, South America at 1.22 p.c and Oceania and New Zealand at 0.01 p.c.

Engr. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief Working Officer at HIA, stated: “Throughout 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact various travel markets, which affected our airport. However, with HIA’s continuous strategic planning, service excellence, and investments in the latest technological innovations, we have seen a steady return of passenger traffic growth. This has led to HIA being ranked the sixth busiest airport in the world for international passengers in 2021, according to Airports Council International. This positive trend has continued to the first quarter of this year – where recovery rose to more than one and a half times in the Jan-to-March 2022 period compared to the same period in 2021. The gradual easing of travel restrictions led to a noticeable recovery in demand for air travel mostly by leisure traffic.”

Concerning the visitors outlook for 2022, COO Badr Al-Meer defined: “We are looking forward to a busy summer period as more travel destinations open up around the world; however, the situation for our industry is expected to remain volatile and dynamic in 2022. We are taking an optimistic view of the year ahead, in which HIA will host fans from around the world for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. We are expecting a resurgence in air travel demand during the summer months.”

As preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ are underway in Qatar, a wave of upcoming occasions, new inns, leisure centres and seashores are set to open within the nation – promising a whole bunch of hundreds of vacationers and new guests to come back into the nation through Hamad International Airport. The airport’s enlargement, at present in Section A, is about to extend the capability to greater than 58 million passengers yearly by this yr and Section B, which can start after the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, will improve the capability to greater than 60 million passengers.

In 2022, HIA is as soon as extra a contender for the SKYTRAX “World’s Best Airport 2022” award and goals to retain its rank because the Greatest Airport within the World based mostly on its unsurpassed airport operations and repair excellence. The SKYTRAX World Airport Awards are based mostly on buyer nominations throughout world nationalities and airports. The survey assesses passenger satisfaction throughout 39 key efficiency indicators for airport providers and merchandise – together with check-in, arrivals, transfers, buying, safety, immigration, and departure. To take care of HIA’s main place, passengers are inspired to vote for HIA by visiting the official SKYTRAX Awards web site or Hamad International Airport’s official web site.

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