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Firstly, on behalf of ADAC Airline Marketing, I would like to wish all our blog readers, a happy and prosperous New Year for 2013. We anticipate a big year ahead of us and plan on making some more announcements through our blog and through other social media platforms (More on this to come!). However, before we start posting any further news on 2013, we still have to deliver some traffic statistics for 2012. I’ve wrapped up October and November in this post. We also hope to provide a full year review for 2012 later on this month.

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In September 2012, with 1,243,646 passengers passing through its facilities, Abu Dhabi International Airport has achieved a 14.5% growth for the month and 20.7% year to date compared to 2011. The consistent double digit growth in passenger traffic is fuelled by both the home carrier Etihad Airways and other operators as the airport is seeing the benefit of the expanding list of worldwide destinations and increased frequencies of the past twelve months. In September the airport has also witnessed the commencement of the first domestic flights by Rotana Jet to Fujairah and Al Ain.

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-Recording 2,633,805 passengers in the months of July & August 2012-

As the World Route Development Forum opens its doors at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), the event host released today the traffic report for Abu Dhabi international Airport for the months of July and August 2012.
August saw a robust 20% growth over last year’s figures with passenger traffic reaching 1.3 million. Cargo traffic was also on the rise reaching 46,376 tonnes, with an increase of 16.4% compared to the month of August 2011.
The traffic reports also showed a double digit 16.7% growth in passenger traffic in the month of July 2012, with more than 1.35 million passengers passing through the airport – the highest monthly numbers in the airport’s history. Cargo traffic also reflected a parallel increase in July reaching 50,371 tonnes, representing an increase of 27.7% compared to the same month last year.
Total arrival and departure transfers also reported a significant increase in July of 42.6% and 37.1% respectively, reflecting the growing strength of the airport’s connectivity and positioning it as a key aviation hub in the region.

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Back in February we have shared with you, a summary of the first six months results from our passenger survey. Since then, our airport survey team has kept busy working 24/7, and has reached almost 40,000 interviews in the first full year.

One year’s worth of data has provided us with a fully representative sample of our passengers, allowing us to drill down into our passenger demographics on a route by route basis and by airline. These data results have enabled us to gain key insight into our passenger profile in areas such as their origin and destination, spending habits, and our airport’s image compared to some of our competitors. With data collected throughout the year, we are now able to observe the seasonality in each one of the attributes as well.

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Guest arrivals to Abu Dhabi in April were not as impressive as March, however we still witnessed a 6.9% growth compared to the same period last year.

Nationalities Germany and the Philippines yet again lead the way in terms of growth markets. India and Pakistan nationals also contributed significantly to the overall growth in hotel guests.

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