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QATAR. Hamad International Airport (HIA) – home of Qatar Duty Free – served 28 million passengers in its first year of operations, from June 2014 to May 2015.
This represents a +23.6% year-on-year increase on the 22.6 million passengers passing through the doors of Qatar’s previous hub airport, Doha International.
The airport also released figures for the second quarter of 2015, in which HIA saw 7.28 million passengers arriving, departing and transferring from April to June, with 2,495,191 passengers in April, 2,419,783 passengers in May and 2,367,230 passengers in June.
HIA recorded a +12% increase in cargo handled and a +11.4% increase in aircraft movements in its first year of operations since the transition from Doha International.
Looking to the future, HIA Chief Operating Officer Badr Mohammed Al Meer said the airport’s development strategy will focus on increased capacity and additional facilities.
He said: “The development of our core aviation facilities is based on forecasts of passengers, aircraft growth figures and KPIs relating to service levels, which will all dictate our development plan. Additionally, we have created processes and management structures to manage and deliver our multi-million dollar future investment programmes strategically.
“We have now geared up to manage a much larger and more mature business, creating the capability to integrate several diverse service propositions in a manner which will lead to efficiency and an overall experience for our airport stakeholders and our passengers alike.”
Full commercial operations at HIA began on 27 May 2014.
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Qatar Duty Free has benefited from the significant increase in passengers at HIA |
