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UAE aviation and tourism soar with record-breaking
growth in 2024
UAE aviation and tourism soar with record-breaking growth in 2024
7 Jan 2025 00:10
Khaled Al Khawaldeh (Abu Dhabi)
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced on Monday that air traffic movements
in 2024 surpassed 1 million, marking an unprecedented milestone in the country's drive to solidify
its position as a global aviation hub after the pandemic.
The Air Traffic numbers represented a 20% increase in air traffic from last year and coincided with
growing passenger footfall in airports that was up to 150 million by the end of the year.
The successful data represented a moment of validation for an industry that has undergone rapid
reforms to recover from near-closure during the global pandemic and has worked tirelessly in 2024
to avoid being impacted by regional geopolitical tensions.
According to official statistics, the country's airlines, which had been heavily impacted by COVID-
19, fully recovered in 2024, expanding their capacity to 87.1 million seats - a 10.5% increase from
2023 and a 15% rise compared to 2019, their lowest point.
https://en.aletihad.ae/news/business/4542205/uae-aviation-and-tourism-soar-with-record-
breaking-growth-in
