The Hamad International Airport (HIA) served a total of 7.8 million passengers in the second quarter of 2018.

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— Hamad Int'l Airport (@HIAQatar) July 18, 2018

According to second quarter results, HIA handled 53,517 aircraft movements in the second quarter of 2018, achieving an increase of 2.42% compared to the previous quarter, reported Gulf Times. 

HIA also handled 540,357 tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of 2018, which is 5% more than the in the year’s first quarter. 

The second quarter 2018 report revealed that HIA has served 2,812,114 passengers in April, 2,434,611 passengers in May and 2,645,257 passengers in June, which includes passengers arriving, departing and transferring through HIA, reported The Peninsula. 

June has particularly been a busy month for Qatar’s airport with year-on-year growth of 12.56% in passenger figures and 8.9% in aircraft movements.

The airport also handled 17,503 aircraft movements in April, 17,971 movements in May and 18,043 movements in June, which includes total number of aircraft which have taken off and landed at HIA. 

HIA handled 540,357 tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of 2018, with 177,591 tonnes in April, 184,372 tonnes in May and 178,393 tonnes in June, which reflects a significant climb of 5% in comparison with the first quarter of 2018 when the airport handled 514,299 tonnes of cargo.

The HIA has been putting in place new facilities and artworks in recent times, with a public art piece named ‘Cosmos’ — by internationally acclaimed contemporary French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel — being the most recent.