Rafic Hariri International Airport Traffic - March 2013
The total number of passengers during the first quarter of the current year reached 1,370,863, compared to 1,242,379 from the same period of the previous year, increasing by 128,484 passengers, or by 10.3%.
The movement of exports and imports through the airport has been showing an increase due to the difficulties of land transportation through Syria. The month of March showed an increase of 44.5% compared to the same time in 2012.
Table 1 illustrates the airport traffic for the month of March 2013, in comparison with the traffic from February 2013 and with that of March 2012.
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Traffic at Rafic Hariri International Airport in March 2013 compared to February 2013 and March 2012 |
Table 1 |
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Traffic |
February 2013 |
March 2013 |
March 2012 |
% of change February/ March 2013 |
% of change March 2012/ March 2013 |
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Arriving Airplanes |
2,141 |
2,708 |
2,512 |
+26.5 |
+7.8 |
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Departing Airplanes |
2,146 |
2,692 |
2,518 |
+25.5 |
+6.9 |
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Total no. of airplanes |
4,287 |
5,400 |
5,030 |
+26 |
+7.3 |
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Arriving passengers |
192,003 |
237,995 |
223,254 |
+24 |
+6.6 |
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Departing passengers |
210,514 |
263,372 |
204,670 |
+25.1 |
+28.7 |
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Transit passengers |
1,451 |
1,556 |
4,893 |
+7.2 |
-68.2 |
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Total no. of passengers |
403,968 |
502,923 |
432,817 |
+24.5 |
+16.2 |
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Imported goods (per ton) |
4,449 |
5,954 |
4,065 |
+33.8 |
+46.5 |
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Exported goods (per ton) |
2,592 |
3,470 |
2,455 |
+33.8 |
+41.3 |
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Total amount of goods |
7,041 |
9,424 |
6,520 |
+33.8 |
+44.5 |
Source: Information International and the Directorate General of Aviation
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