NNA – On the eve of the blessed al-Adha Eid, the movement of passengers through Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut seems very active, as the number of daily passengers through this facility has approximately reached 30,000, with more than 19,000 arrivals to Lebanon, most of which are Lebanese expatriates.

The first half of this year (until the of June, 2022) the number of passengers through the airport increased and recorded two million and 568 thousand and 797 passengers, compared to one million and 444 thousand and 502 passengers last year 2021 -- an increase of 77.83 percent, but a decline of 35 percent in comparison to the first half of 2019 (before the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, when the total number of passengers through Beirut airport had reached four million and 4 thousand and 523 passengers) .

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