Doha’s Hamad International Airport passenger traffic up 164%; hits 8.42mln in Q2

Doha’s Hamad International Airport passenger traffic up 164%; hits 8.42mln in Q2

Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) has recorded an impressive increase of 164% in passenger traffic during the second quarter of 2022 (compared to Q2 2021), serving 8.42 million passengers.

Voted the World’s Best Airport 2022 for the second year in a row by Skytrax, HIA’s passenger traffic numbers have been steadily growing over the past few months – showing a return to pre-Covid levels.

The average monthly passenger throughput for Q2 2022 indicates that travel between Qatar and the rest of the world has risen significantly, showing an 18 per cent increase in comparison to the first quarter of this year. The passenger transfer percentage also grew by 16 per cent this quarter over last, and the number of outbound local passengers in Q2 was 47 per cent higher than in Q1. The number of inbound passengers increased by 7 per cent in comparison to Q1, said HIA.

HIA served a total of 2.5 million passengers in the month of April, 2.8 million passengers in May and 3.1 million passengers in June, which is a total of 8.42 million passengers served in the second quarter of 2022.

HIA’s COO, Badr Al Meer, said: “During the second quarter of 2022, HIA recorded more than 100,000