12.5 million used Saudi Arabia’s airports via 86,000 flights in Ramadan

12.5 million used Saudi Arabia’s airports via 86,000 flights in Ramadan

The cited number of passengers, during this year’s Ramadan until the 9th of the following month of Shawwal, were transported aboard more than 86,000 scheduled domestic and international as well as charter flights operated by 100 carriers to and from the Saudi airports, the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said.

The King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, a hub for Umrah pilgrims, got the lion’s share of passenger traffic during that period with around 5.3 million travellers, followed by the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with 3.2 million and the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina with 1.04 million.

Saudi Arabia experienced record air traffic last year with an increase of 16% in the total number of flights from 701,290 to 814,995 and an increase in the number of passengers from 88 million to 112 million, GACA recently revealed.

Saudi Arabia aims to increase the number of air travellers to reach 330 million annually by 2030, a senior aviation official said in January. General Manager of GACA Excellence and Development Department Hussain Al Assaf said the national aviation strategy is designed to triple the current number of air passengers to reach 330 million per year by