(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — The Directorate General for Civil Aviation said despite a 4 percent increase in passenger traffic at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, air freight dropped 17 percent in the first three quarters of 2014.
According to a report released on Monday, slightly more than 5 million passengers went through Beirut airport in the first nine months of this year, compared to 4.82 million during the same period in 2013.
The numbers of passengers who used the airport in August and September were estimated at 814,297 and 640,546, recording an increase of 12 and 19 percent compared with August and September 2013.
The report added that the number of passengers transiting through Beirut had dropped by 46 percent from last year.
The total volume of goods airlifted in and out of Beirut airport until end of September was estimated at 7.5 million tons. The figure includes 4.31 million tons of imported goods and 3.19 million of exported merchandise, according to the directorate.