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Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS
Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) welcomed 1.9 million passengers in October. More than twenty million passengers have passed through the airport so far this year. Total passengers numbered 1,903,556 in October 2016. The number of travelers between January 1 and October 31 reached 20,432,279 — an increase of 5.4% on the 19,393,074 for the same period in 2015.
The passenger traffic to and from Mumbai, India, saw a 19% increase on the 52,604 passengers in October 2015, totaling 62,415 this month. The number of passengers traveling to Doha from AUH increased by 8% from 55,209 in October last year, to 59,535 in October this year. London, Bangkok and Bombay were the top three passenger destinations for October.