Traffic results for the period of December 2018 are as follows:

•During the period of December 2018, passengers carried increased by 0.7%, to 5.51 million passengers from 5.47 million passengers for the same period of 2017. The number of passengers carried in domestic lines decreased by 4.5%, while the number of passengers carried in international lines increased by 5.0%.

•Total L/F increased by 0.5 point to 80.2%, while international L/F increased by 0.5 point.

•RPK increased by 2.6% to 11.5 billion during the period of December 2018 from 11.2 billion for the same period of 2017. Decrease in RPK in domestic lines is 3.1%, while increase in RPK in international lines is 3.5%.

•International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 3.1%. 

•International Non-transit passengers increased by 8.2% compared to the same period of December 2017.

•Cargo/Mail carried during the period of December 2018 increased by 19.4% to 128,536 tons from 107,641 tons in 2017. 

•During the period of December 2018, the regional traffic results are as follows:

oIncrease in RPK in Middle East, Europe, Far East and Africa are 7.4%, 5.8%, 2.9% and 1.6%, 

oIncrease in L/F in Africa, Far East, Middle East and N. America are 2.5 pt., 1.4 pt., 1.2 pt., and 0.7 pt.,

oIncrease in passengers carried in Middle East, Europe, Far East and Africa are 10.0%, 6.1%, 3.6% and 1.9% respectively. 

Traffic results for the period of January-December 2018 are as follows:

•During the period of January-December 2018, passengers carried increased by 9.5%, to 75.2 million passengers from 68.6 million passengers for the same period of 2017.  Increase in number of passengers carried in domestic and international lines are 9.4% and 9.6%, respectively.

•International-to-international transfer passengers increased by 7.8%, compared to the same period of 2017. 

•International Non-transit passengers increased by 12.0% compared to the period of January – December 2017.

•L/F increased by 2.8 point to 81.9%.  

•ASK increased by 5.2% to 182 billion during the period of January- December 2018 from 173 billion for the same period of 2017. ASK in domestic lines increased by 7.6%, while ASK in international lines increased by 4.8%. 

•RPK increased by 8.9% to 149.2 billion during the period of January- December 2018 from 136.9 billion for the same period of 2017. Increase in RPK in domestic and international lines are 9.3% and 8.9%, respectively. 

•Number of landings (passenger aircraft) of 469,580 for the period of January-December 2017 increased by 5.2% to 493,876 in 2018. 

•Cargo/Mail carried during the period of January- December 2018 increased by 24,8% to 1,412,423 tons from 1,131,855 tons in 2017. 

•By the end of December 2018, number of aircraft went up to 332 from 329 of December 2017. While number of wide body aircraft increased to 92 from 90, number of narrow body aircraft decreased from 223 to 218 and cargo aircraft went up to 22 from 16.