KUWAIT: The Kuwait General Directorate of Civil Aviation said on Tuesday that the total passenger traffic to and from Kuwait International Airport last July reached 1,446,690. The director general of civil aviation, Emad Al-Jalawi, said in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that Kuwait International Airport witnessed an increase in passenger traffic by 16 percent and an increase in aircraft traffic by 23 percent, while air cargo traffic increased by 3 percent during the month of July compared to the same period last year.

Al-Jalawi added that in July, the incoming passenger traffic reached 640,458 passengers, while the departing passenger traffic reached 806,232 passengers. He reported that the total number of passengers (transit) reached 166,465 passengers, an increase of 75 percent from July last year, pointing out that the total movement of aircraft operated to and from Kuwait International Airport during the month of July amounted to 12,468 flights. In terms of air cargo traffic, Al-Jalawi said that the total cargo traffic in July was about 1.16 million kilograms, while the incoming cargo traffic was about 7.12 million kilograms and the outgoing cargo traffic was about 3.3 million kilograms.

He pointed out that the most popular destinations during the same period were Dubai, Cairo, Istanbul/Sabiha, Doha, and Jeddah. As for the percentage of market movement of airlines during July, Al-Jalawi said that Kuwait Airways Company reached a share of 29. The share of Jazeera Airways reached 26 percent, while the rest of the companies had a market share of 45 percent. - KUNA