Passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport up

Israel's airport authority released last week figures relating to passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport
13.03.06 / 00:00
Passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport up
13.03.06
Passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport up
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Israel's airport authority released last week figures relating to passenger traffic at Ben Gurion Airport
 
The figures indicate that passenger numbers during the month of February and the first week of March 2006 was up by 17%, compared with the corresponding period last year.
The number of passengers using the airport during this period was 1.17 million, compared to 1 million in the parallel period last year.

The airport authority noted that in January passenger numbers was up13.6% compared with January 2005.In February passengers traffic was up by 18.7%, compared with February 2005.
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