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Sharjah Airport announced its 2019 first quarter results during Arabian Travel Market event, registering over 3.156 million passengers.
The increased number of passengers highlighted a recorded growth of 9.56 percent in passenger movement, compared to the same period in 2018 which registered 2.880 million passengers.
It also revealed developments and projects that expect to increase capacity and enable the airport to accommodate some 20 million passengers by 2025. January was the best month in terms of passenger numbers for the Airport with 1.122 million passengers recorded, while the highest growth rate — 10.59 percent — was reco-rded in March, with 1.079 million passengers.