Sharjah Airport announced statistics from the first quarter of 2019. The Airport reviewed the latest developments in projects that will increase capacity and enable the Airport to accommodate approximately 20 million passengers by 2025, and highlighted the quality of services provided to passengers, partners and customers. As a result of attracting new airlines and the expansion of operations by existing airlines, Sharjah Airport recorded a growth of 9.56% in passenger movement with more than 3.156 million passengers during the first quarter of 2019 as compared to 2.880 million passengers in the first quarter of 2018.
January was the best month in terms of passenger numbers with 1.122 million passengers, while the highest growth rate – 10.59% – was recorded in March, when there were 1.079 million passengers. In February, there were 954 thousand passengers.
There were more than 20.05 thousand scheduled and unscheduled flights during the first quarter, an increase of 3.3% as compared to 19.41 thousand flights during the first quarter of 2018. There were 6,988 departures and landings in January 6,075 in February and 6,978 in March, which recorded the highest growth in the first quarter at 4.98% in comparison to March 2018.
In terms of air cargo, Sharjah Airport registered more than 34.87 thousand tons in the first three months of 2019, an increase of 9% compared to the same period last year, with 12.13 thousand tons in March alone. Air freight movement in February 2019 increased by a benchmark 13.6% compared to February 2018.
During the first quarter of 2019, Sharjah Airport successfully strengthened its existing partnerships and entered into new partnerships with shipping companies; this reflected positively on the volume of air freight between January and the end of March 2019, increasing from 2.906 tons in the first quarter of 2018 to 4.372 tons at the end of the first quarter of this year for a benchmark increase of 50.45%.
Source: Sharjah Airport