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ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS
Abu Dhabi Airports announced a 5.6% increase in passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) for May 2016, compared to the same month last year. A total of 1,982,010 people traveled through AUH last month, exceeding May 2015’s figure of 1,877,440. A number of destinations witnessed noteworthy growth in passenger traffic, with the UK exceeding its May 2015 figures by 18.4% last month, and Egypt recording a 24.3% increase over the same period last year.
The number of travellers with AUH as their final destination was 355,457 up by 4.6%. The top-five routes were Bombay, Doha, London Heathrow, Manila and Jeddah respectively.
Arrival and departure transfers both showed an increase of 7.5% and 7.7% respectively compared to the same month last year.