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Passenger traffic at the nation\u2019s airports rose 26% y-o-y to 112 mn <\/strong>passengers in <\/strong>2023<\/strong>, according to data released yesterday by government statistics agency Gastat (pdf)<\/a>. International passengers arriving at the Kingdom\u2019s airports rose 46% y-o-y last year to 61 mn passengers, while domestic flight passengers domestic rose 9% y-o-y to 51 mn.<\/p>\n

The number of international flights arriving at and departing from airports in the Kingdom <\/strong>grew 36% y-o-y to 394k last year<\/strong>, while the number of domestic flights inched up 2% y-o-y to 421k, according to the report. Local airports saw 62k private international flights and 14k domestic flights during the year.<\/p>\n

Growing capacity to handle more: <\/strong>Total capacity across all of Saudi\u2019s airports reached 116 mn passengers annually in 2023. Jeddah\u2019s King Abdulaziz International Airport led the list with a capacity of 45 mn passengers annually, followed by Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport (37 mn) and Dammam\u2019s King Fahd International Airport (13 mn).<\/p>\n

The gong for the largest number of global routes went to King Abdulaziz Airport<\/strong>, which had 365, up 20% y-o-y. Madinah\u2019s Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Airport came in second with 258, up 21% y-o-y, followed by King Khalid International Airport (176) and King Fahd International Airport (92).<\/p>\n

REMEMBER- <\/strong>The government aims to open up its aviation sector to turn it into a USD 2 bn<\/a>industry<\/a>, and the country is extending air connectivity to a total of 250 countries<\/a> by 2030. This also plays into the government\u2019s tourism target, which was more than doubled aiming to lure 150 mn tourist trips by 2030<\/a>, after hitting an earlier target of 100 mn last year ahead of plan.<\/p>\n

Keep an eye out for a flurry of aviation news next week:<\/strong> Riyadh is hosting two major, overlapping aviation events: The Future Aviation Forum (FAF)<\/a> \u2014 where investment projects worth USD 100 bn will be up for grabs \u2014 and the International Civil Aviation Organization\u2019s (ICAO)<\/a> Facilitation 2024 Global Summit. The FAF is set to run from Monday, 20 May, through to Wednesday, 22 May, while the two-day ICAO summit is scheduled for kickoff on Tuesday, 21 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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