29.09.2020 - 14:41 UTC
Travel demand at Jordan’s Amman Queen Alia Airport has remained low since it reopened to international commercial traffic earlier this month, says the Airport International Group (AIG).
AIG, a consortium of local and international partners that manages the airport on behalf of the Kingdom, said in a statement that passenger numbers were 95.29% lower during the first two weeks of resuming regular flights on September 8, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. Aircraft movements decreased by 92.51% during the same period of comparison, AIG said. During the same period in 2019, a total of 365,451 passengers had travelled through QAIA, while the airport had registered 3,243 aircraft movements.
Nevertheless, QAIA welcomed a total of 17,199 passengers on 123 international commercial passenger aircraft movements (ACM) arriving from 22 destinations, while 120 international commercial flights had departed to 23 destinations.
AIG said 22 airlines had recommenced flights at QAIA, including Royal Jordanian, Jordan Aviation, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Fly Jordan, flydubai, Etihad Airways,...