Thus, the said airport received during the first three months of the current year a total of 2,612 passengers against 38,579 travelers for the same period of the past year, according to the latest statistics by the National Airports Office (ONDA).

This poor performance is explained by the repercussions of the health crisis induced by the spread of the pandemic of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) and the stopping of air traffic for several months.

The Kingdom's airports received 1,466,634 passengers for the first three months of this year, down by 70.16% compared to the end of March 2020, according to ONDA.

For the month of March alone, the Kingdom's airports recorded a volume of commercial passenger traffic of 400,863 passengers, that is a drop of 57.44% compared to March 2020.