Slight drop in traffic in August with 25.3% rise in one year
Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport witnessed a slight drop in airport traffic during the month of August compared to the previous month of July. The total number of passengers (arrivals-departures-transits) reached 612,956 in August compared to 621,522 in July, dropping by 8,566 passengers or 1.37%. The figures indicate that the number of departures climbed in August while that of arrivals increased in July.
Since the beginning of 2009 until end of August, the total number of passengers reached 3,322,114 compared to 2,650,035 passengers during the same period in 2008, marking an increase by 672,079 passengers at 25.3%. Table no. 1 shows airport traffic in the month of August 2009 compared to the previous month of July and to August 2008.
| Airport traffic in the month of August 2009 compared to the previous month of July and to August 2008. |
Table 1
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| Traffic |
July 2009 |
August 2009 |
% of change July 2009 – August 2009 |
August 2008 |
% of change August 2008 –August 2009 |
| Arriving airplanes |
2,892 |
2,996 |
3.6 + |
2,517 |
19 + |
| Departing airplanes |
2,882 |
3,009 |
4.4 + |
2,518 |
19.5 + |
| Total # of airplanes |
5,774 |
6,005 |
4 + |
5,035 |
19.2 + |
| Arriving crews |
23,177 |
23,994 |
3.5 + |
20,218 |
18.6 + |
| Departing crews |
23,304 |
24,027 |
3.1 + |
20,194 |
19 + |
| Total # of crews |
46,481 |
48,021 |
3.3 + |
40,412 |
18.8 + |
| Arriving passengers |
361,626 |
221,113 |
38.8 - |
220,125 |
0.45 + |
| Departing passengers |
257,450 |
389,736 |
51.4 + |
323,314 |
20.5 + |
| Transit passengers |
2,446 |
2,107 |
13.8 - |
3,909 |
46 - |
| Total # of passengers |
621,522 |
612,956 |
1.37 - |
547,348 |
12 + |
| Imported goods (per ton) |
3,558 |
3,262 |
8.3 - |
3,648 |
10.6 - |
| Exported goods (per ton) |
2,542 |
2,822 |
11 + |
2,818 |
0.1 + |
| Total size of goods (per ton) |
6,100 |
6,084 |
0.2 - |
6,466 |
6 - |
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Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation – August 2009 |
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