Sharjah Airport more than doubles first-half passenger traffic as travel demand recovers – The National

Sharjah Airport more than doubles first-half passenger traffic as travel demand recovers – The National

Passenger traffic more than doubled at Sharjah Airport in the first half of the year amid a continued recovery in travel demand.

The airport handled six million passengers between January and June, up from 2.5 million in the first half of last year, as demand for leisure and business travel continued to rebound, it said in a statement on Monday.

The growth was driven by a recovery among its airline customers, “including Air Arabia, the UAE national carrier based in Sharjah Airport, who has successfully recommenced their operations to various destinations in their network, which has resulted in the growing number of passengers in the airport”, said Ali Al Midfa, chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority.