Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) on Monday released the July 2009 traffic figures for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which show strong passenger growth in spite of the economic downturn. Passenger numbers for the month exceeded 900,000, as figures show a total of 923,124 people travelled through the airport in the month of July or a 10.3 per cent increase over the same month in 2008 which registered 837,129 passengers. London emerged as the busiest destination in July with 50,900 passengers, followed by Bangkok with 40,465 passengers. Doha took third place with 37,361. In fourth and fifth place came Cairo and Bahrain with 36,108 and 35,773 passengers respectively. These top five destinations together accounted for 21.7 per cent of all traffic through the airport. The substantial increase in traffic was due to school holidays as well as the growing range of choices to passengers at the airport.
