Nine million passengers were transported through Iraqi airports during the past year

by **claud39** Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:13 am

Nine million passengers were transported through Iraqi airports during the past year

10/02/2020

Economy News _ Baghdad

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority announced, on Monday, statistics for the air movement of Iraqi airports operating in the country during the past 2019, noting that approximately 9 million passengers were transported through Iraqi airports.

The authority said in a statement, "Economy News" received a copy of it, that the total of departing and arriving travelers to Iraqi airports reached 8,728,512 passengers and with a number of 100,288 descending and departing trips, indicating that "this statistic issued by the Air Traffic Statistics Division of the Planning and Follow-up Division in the authority, which witnessed A clear increase in the rate of travelers and flights to Iraqi airports, Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah.

She explained that the total number of arriving and departing mobile travelers through Baghdad International Airport reached 3797413 passengers, with flights amounting to 37265 trips, as well as the total number of travelers to Basra International Airport, 984,985 passengers, and the total number of flights reached 10106 trips

He added that the total number of passengers traveling to the Najaf airport is 2579355 passengers, and the total number of flights reached 22123 flights, and also the total number of passengers for Erbil International Airport was 891840 passengers and trips reached 23294, and with regard to the Sulaymaniyah International Airport, the total of passengers traveling in it was 474,919 passengers with a total of landing and departing flights amounted to 7500 Journey .

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