Qatar’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) handled cargo tonnage amounting to 242,513 tonnes in the third quarter of 2015 with 79,408 tonnes of cargo handled in the month of July, 80,766 tonnes in August and 82,338 tonnes of cargo handled in September of 2015.

HIA also saw a significant increase in aircraft movements in the third quarter of 2015 with 55,186 movements, which represents a 19 per cent increase in aircraft take-offs and landings at the airport, compared to 46,405 movements during the same period last year.

Commenting on the airport’s record-breaking figures, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, COO at Hamad International Airport, said: “We partially owe this phenomenal increase in our operations to the increased frequency of several of our patron airlines’ weekly flights from Hamad International Airport, and we have also had several new airlines commence operations at HIA. This increase is also a testament to the continued rapid growth of Qatar Airways, Qatar’s national carrier.”