Baghdad airport transfers more than 800 thousand passengers during the second quarter of this year

The Ministry of Transport announced Thursday that the number of passengers from Baghdad International Airport to more than 800 thousand passengers during the second quarter of 2017.

"The Baghdad International Airport recorded an increase in the number of flights and passengers during the second quarter of 2017 compared to the first quarter of this year," the ministry said in a statement. "The number of passengers reached 816,975 passengers were transported on board 7348 flights during the last three months of April, May and June, where the number of incoming passengers was 395130 passengers on board 3690 flights and 421845 departing passengers on board 3,690 flights.

"Basra International Airport recorded the transfer of 195680 aboard 2384 flights, either the international airport of Najaf, the number of passengers was 789,912 were transported on board 6124 flights."

For his part, the Director General of Civil Aviation Hussein Mohsen Kazem said that "the increase witnessed by the Iraqi civil airports came after the achievements of the Ministry of Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority and the field follow-up of the Minister of Transport, and his emphasis on opening horizons of cooperation with different countries in the world to serve the development and keeping pace with modern technology in Air transport ".

The number of passengers for the first quarter of this year was 75,293 passengers were transported on board 6792 flights.

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