King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, set the largest passenger traffic record from the end of last month (July) to the beginning of this month.
According to the Arab media report, the company that operates the airport, Mutarat Al-Riyaz, said yesterday in its X account that on August 1, 2024, 130,000 passengers were transported from the airport in a day, before July. 25. The number was one lakh 25 thousand.
On July 4, 2019, this rate increased from 97,000 to 1,900,000 passengers on August 1, 2023, while on February 29, 2024, the number was 1,16,000 passengers.
In July, 52 airlines handled 3.5 million passengers and 2.5 million bags through 23.9 thousand flights to 104 destinations.
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