May traffic at Abu Dhabi airport up 6.6%

The Abu Dhabi International Airport recorded a 6.6 per cent year-on-year increase in its passenger traffic for the month of May, according to figures released by the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac). While aircraft movements increased by 9.4 per cent, cargo recorded a 6.4 per cent increase in May compared to the same period last year. The year-to-date passenger traffic, meanwhile, recorded an increase of 8.2 per cent, with 3,793,693 passengers passing through the airport during this period, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company said in a statement yesterday. With London remaining in the top position as Abu Dhabi's busiest city destination route for May with 37,620 passengers, Doha was the second busiest route, overtaking Bangkok, said the Abu Dhabi Airports Company. It added that the growth was driven by the recent extension and increase of services by Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa. Other factors for the expansion included the arrival of new Serbian airline, Jat Airways, which recently started a twice-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade, and Etihad Airways adding Astana in Kazakhstan to its growing network of destinations. Keep up with the latest business news from the region with the daily Emirates Business 24|7 newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, please click here .